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Factsheets on the 41 European Universities

European University Alliances (2020 call)

European Universities Initiative factsheet - ATHENA

ATHENA aims to shape the digital transformation of societies. It will support the development of an equitable, sustainable and safe digital economy.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - Aurora

The Aurora European University aims to equip a diverse student population with the skills and mindset to contribute to addressing societal challenges as social entrepreneurs and innovators.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - Circle U.

Circle U. will form an ethically-principled circle of knowledge, connecting education, research and innovation in service to society.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - E³UDRES²

E³UDRES², the Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions, promotes the development of small and medium-sized cities and their rural environments into smart and sustainable regions and shapes a prosperous future with the best possible quality of life for self-determined people in a progressive European society.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EC2U

EC2U is a multi-cultural multi-lingual European Universities Alliance consisting of seven long-standing, education- and research-led, locally and globally engaged universities from all four European regions.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EELISA

EELISA envisions a future in which society thrives and masters global challenges with smart and sustainable solutions empowered by European engineering.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - ENGAGE.EU

ENGAGE.EU is an alliance of leading European universities in business, economics, and social sciences with rich experience in analysing societal change.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - ENHANCE

The European values referred to in the Treaty of the European Union form the basis for all activities within the ENHANCE alliance to create common European education and research: respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality and human rights, the rule of law.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - ENLIGHT

ENLIGHT aims to undertake a fundamental transformation of European higher education in which all barriers to learning, performing research and cooperation are removed.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - ERUA

ERUA is built on a common ambition to develop a new kind of cooperation, which not only connects universities within Europe but also reimagines the role of European universities in a global context.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EUNICE

EUNICE is a new, creative European University that aims to bring about a paradigm shift from traditional to customised education through inter-university “blended” mobility.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EUniWell

The core mission of the European University for Well-Being – EUniWell – is to understand, improve, measure and rebalance the well-being of individuals, our own community, our environment and society as a whole on a regional, European and global level. Based on our joint values: we are democratic, inclusive, diverse, research and challenge-based, inter- and transdisciplinary, entrepreneurial and co-creational.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EURECA-PRO

Through its novel approach, the EURECA-PRO European Universities alliance holistically contributes to the highly topical issues of Sustainable Consumption and Production and on the other hand, it effectively contributes to the transformation of the European Higher Education Area, linked to Sustainable Development Goal 12 (responsible consumption and production) and 4 (quality education).

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EuroTeQ

European engineering education of the future! The EuroTeQ Engineering University builds on the belief that societal developments of recent years call for strong university alliances to make the Knowledge Square of Education, Research, Innovation and Service to Society a reality and its impact a benefit to Europe and beyond.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - Eut+

The mission of the European University of Technology, Eut+, is first and foremost to serve the betterment of society.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - FILMEU

FILMEU brings together four higher education institutions. Together, we collaborate around the common objective of jointly promoting high-level education, innovation and research activities in the multidisciplinary field of Film and Media Arts and consolidate the central role of Europe as a world leader in the creative fields.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - INVEST

Lead by the need to strengthen the link between teaching, research, innovation and knowledge transfer, encouraging mobility and enhancing high quality and excellence in education and research, 5 universities have united their efforts based on their previous cooperation to establish the INnoVations of REgional Sustainability: European UniversiTy Alliance (INVEST).

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - Neurotech EU

Neuroscience shows great promise to become an applied science, to provide brain-centred or brain-inspired solutions that could benefit society and kindle a new economy in Europe. 

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - RUN-EU

The Regional University Network – European University will secure the sustainable economic, social, cultural and environmental progress of its regions and stakeholders.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - T4E

The T4E partners have joined forces to transform themselves and their collaboration in order to drive the transformation of Europe.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - Ulysseus

Ulysseus alliance’s vision for 2030 is to develop an excellence-recognised and internationally attractive, open to the world, persons-centred and entrepreneurial European University for the citizens of the future.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - UNIC

Ten years from now, our students, teachers, researchers and administrative staff shall enjoy a truly European learning, teaching and working experience.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - UNITA

The UNITA Alliance intends to build a fully-fledged European inter-university campus based on excellence in teaching and learning, research and innovation, and on civic engagement. Its goal is to drive excellence in the European Higher Education area and become attractive also for students from other continents, especially Africa and the Americas, with whom we share common languages.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - UNIVERSEH

UNIVERSEH aims to be recognised as a comprehensive European Space University for Earth and Humanity.

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European University Alliances (2019 call)

European Universities Initiative factsheet - ARQUS

The Arqus European University brings together seven longstanding comprehensive research universities who share extensive experience in joint projects in many fields and a common profile as internationalised institutions with deep regional engagement in medium-sized cities.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - 4EUPLUS

4EU+ consists of large, comprehensive, public European research universities that are strongly embedded in their local territories and share European values and a global outlook.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - CHARM-EU

The mission of CHARM-EU is to promote the common European values emphasising the richness and diversity of the European tradition. CHARM-EU will offer a transformative, truly European educational experience to citizens of the world.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - CIVICA

European world-leading institutions in the social sciences unite to create CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - CIVIS

CIVIS – a European Civic University – is a far-reaching vision whose goal is to have a significant impact on the development of societies, both locally and globally.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - ECIU

ECIU University is a new pan-European university with an innovative challenge-based approach and a true European inter-university campus.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EDUC

EDUC (European Digital UniverCity) will strengthen the European identification process by enhancing knowledge creation and by putting forward European skills acquisition through digitally supported cross-campus and cross-disciplinary teaching activities as well as various learning opportunities.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EPICUR

EPICUR, a European University for the future, is a place where all boundlessly mobile students, doctoral candidates and staff can acquire a broad, interdisciplinary, academic perspective strongly rooted in European traditions, irrespective of their nationality, mother tongue, cultural or socio-economic background.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EU4ART

The EU4ART European University, created by four higher education institutions devoted to fine arts, aims to develop common flexible curricula in the field of painting, sculpture and graphic art.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EU-CONEXUS

The European University for Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability, EU-CONEXUS, has chosen to focus on urban and semi-urban coastlines because these areas are increasingly densely populated and very important for trade, aquaculture and fisheries, energy, tourism and more.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EUGLOH

EUGLOH will combine its members’ expertise and resources in Global Health to offer the most competitive and attractive education and training to their students in one multicultural, integrated and inclusive campus. 

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - EUTOPIA

EUTOPIA is a challenge-led, student-centred, place-based, inclusive alliance of entrepreneurial, change-focused universities. 

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - FORTHEM

FORTHEM consists of multidisciplinary public research universities that are situated (all but one) outside capital regions.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - SEA-EU

The vision of the European University of the Seas (SEA-EU) is to establish a distinctly international, pluri-ethnic, multilingual and interdisciplinary European University.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - UNA Europa

UNA Europa will create a truly European inter- university environment, linking outstanding research to transnational learning and innovative, critical thinking.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - UNITE!

UNITE! (University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering) will educate a new generation of European students in science, technology and engineering, transcending the traditional engineering educa tion, with an entrepreneurial mind­set.

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European Universities Initiative factsheet - YUFE

The Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) aims to bring radical change by becoming the leading model of a young, student-centred, non-elitist, open and inclusive European University based on cooperation between higher education institutions, public and private sector, and citizens. 

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