European Universities

What is the European Universities Initiative? 

The European Universities Initiative is one of the flagship programmes of the European Union to build a European Education Area, co-developed by higher education institutions, student organisations, Member States and the European Commission.

European Universities are transnational alliances that will become the universities of the future, promoting European values and identity, and revolutionising the quality and competitiveness of European Higher Education. To achieve this, the Commission is testing different cooperation models for European Universities with two calls for proposals launched in 2019 and 2020 under the Erasmus+ programme. Click to find out more about the results of the pilot calls launched in 2019 and 2020.

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UNICA members in European University Alliances

36 out of the 54 UNICA member Universities take part in European Universities alliances, which means that 75 per cent of UNICA’s eligible members participate in the initiative. In other terms, 19 out of the 41 existing alliances have a UNICA member University. From January 2022, the number of UNICA members in European universities will increase to 37, following the addition of University of Vienna to Circle U.

Alliance’s Acronym	Alliance’s Name	UNICA Members in the Alliance & Country
1EUROPE Factsheet	UNA Europa	Freie Universität Berlin , Germany The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain University of Helsinki, Finland
4EU+ Factsheet	The 4EU+ Alliance	University of Copenhagen,Denmark Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic University of Warsaw, Poland
ARQUS Factsheet	ARQUS European University Alliance	Vilnius University, Lithuania
Aurora Alliance Factsheet	Aurora Alliance	University of Iceland, Iceland
CHARMEU Factsheet	CHARM European University (Challenge-driven, Accessible, Research-based, Mobile)	Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest , Hungary
Circle U. Factsheet	Circle U. European University	King’s College London, United Kingdom University of Belgrade, Serbia Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany University of Oslo, Norway University of Vienna, Austria (from January 2022)
CIVIS Factsheet	CIVIS – a European Civic University Alliance	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Stockholm University, Sweden Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy University of Bucharest, Romania Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
EELISA Factsheet	European Engineering Learning Innovation & Science Alliance	Université PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres), France
ENLIGHT Factsheet	European University Network to promote Equitable Quality of Life, Sustainability, and Global Engagement through Higher Education Transformation	Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
EPICUR Factsheet	European Partnership for an Innovative Campus Unifying Regions	Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
EUniWell Factsheet	European University for Well-Being	Semmelweis University, Hungary
EuroTeQ Factsheet	EuroTeQ Engeneering University	Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
EUTOPIA Factsheet	European Universities Transforming to an Open, Inclusive Academy for 2050	Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium University of Ljubljana, Slovenia NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
FORTHEM Factsheet	Fostering Outreach within European Regions, Transnational Higher Education and Mobility	University of Latvia, Latvia
T4E Factsheet	Transform4Europe – T4E: The European University for Knowledge Entrepreneurs	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
UNIC Factsheet	The European University of Post-Industrial Cities	University of Zagreb, Croatia
UNITE! Factsheet	University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering	Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
UNIVERSEH Factsheet	European University of Earth and Humanity	University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
YUFE Factsheet	Young Universities for the Future of Europe	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Recent events

• 15 November 2021

  

  IRO Group workshop “European Universities alliances and IROs role”

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  International Relations Officers European Universities

• 30 Sep 2021

  

  UNICA Rectors’ Seminar “The Future of the European Universities Alliances”

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  Rectors Seminars European Universities