What is the NICE programme?
VIRTUAL EXCHANGE, developing sought-after SKILLS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO apply your knowledge to tackle a real-world global challenge
NICE stands for the Network for Intercultural Competence to facilitate Entrepreneurship. It offers students the opportunity to develop valuable intercultural and entrepreneurial skills by completing a virtual learning programme, developed by a consortium of eight European research-intensive universities.
What will I do on the programme?
On the NICE programme you will:
Work in a diverse virtual team with students from around Europe.
Complete interactive online modules focused on developing your intercultural competence and entrepreneurship.
Develop an innovative business idea in a team to solve a Global Challenge that you have chosen together.
Have the opportunity to attend a week-long physical summer school to continue building your skills.
“It was a really fun experience going to the summer school having completed the online modules... being able to appreciate and utilise our cultural similarities and differences, while understanding why they are there, and how to embrace them in the ways the NICE online programme taught us to.”
Why participate?
Develop entrepreneurial and intercultural competence skills that make you more employable after graduation.
Connect with students across Europe to build your communication and interpersonal skills by working in virtual international teams.
Gain experience in entrepreneurship and social responsibility by building a business solution to a Global Challenge - to help make the world a better place!
Explore new topics and develop your new skills through online interactive modules, supported by staff from our partner universities to help you get the most out of your experience.
Who can participate?
This programme is open to students who attend one of the following partner universities: University College Dublin, the University of Amsterdam, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Padova, and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Applications for the NICE programme are open to students with disabilities who may not be able to participate in other international experiences.
There are no fees to participate in the NICE programme.
University of Amsterdam
University College Dublin
The University of Edinburgh
University of Padova
You can apply to take part and find out more about the project by clicking the button below.
If you have any questions, you can contact us using our enquiry form.
NICE began as a project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.