Register for Arqus Cafés 10th edition!

This semester we are celebrating the 10th edition of the Arqus Cafés. This anniversary edition will start on 10 March and will run until 30 May.

Registration is already open. To sign up, fill out this form.

The Arqus Cafés are informal sessions where students and staff can gather, either online or in person, to engage in language practice guided by native and near-native speaking tutors of the respective languages. With both digital and in-person formats, the cafés offer participants a relaxed environment to develop their language skills and broaden cultural understanding without the pressures normally found in teacher-led classroom lessons. 

This 10th edition will offer Arqus Cafés in 12 languages:

The cafés began in the spring of 2020 as a digital initiative and quickly grew in popularity among the Alliance’s member universities. Today, the cafés remain one of Arqus’ most successful activities and provide participants with both cultural exchange and a chance to connect on a personal level.

The 9th edition, which ran from September to December 2024, offered 31 cafés in 14 languages. In total, 444 staff and students from the Arqus Universities participated.

During the 9th edition, Leipzig University also had 14 in-person cafés for 10 languages, with a total of 124 participants. Their next edition will run from 24 April until 9 July. You can register as a tutor and/or participant here. Vilnius University plans to offer in-person cafés as well, more information will be announced soon. We hope to slowly expand the in-person cafés to other universities as well and give the choice between the online and in-person format.

Registration for the 10th edition of the Arqus Café is already open. We hope to have record numbers of registrations for this anniversary edition. Let’s celebrate together!

Click here to read more about the Arqus Café or contact us at arqus_cafe@arqus-alliance.eu if you have any further questions.