What is the European Universities Initiative (EUI)?
In Swedish, we are talking about the European Universities Initiative - EUI - which is part of Erasmus+, i.e. the EU's programme for cooperation in education. The European Universities Initiative is an initiative to get European higher education institutions to work together in alliances - so-called European University Alliances. These are interdisciplinary, strategic alliances based on education and collaboration, and which usually have some type of thematic focus with the aim of addressing various societal challenges.
The funding of the European Universities only covers education (including PhD training), not research. There is also a focus on seamless mobility between universities within an alliance - both for students and staff. In total, there are currently 65 European University Alliances in Europe, and in 25 of these, Swedish higher education institutions are represented.
The aim of European Universities is to raise the quality of European higher education and contribute to inclusion and strengthened competitiveness.
The Swedish Council for Higher Education on European Universities
European Commission on European Universities
The European Universities' Joint Mission
- Challenge the European education system
- Address regional challenges
- Promote a challenge-based European education and training system
- Meet the challenges of sustainable responsibility
- Meet the challenges of civic engagement
- Meet the challenge with accessible education
- Address the challenges of lifelong learning
ChallengeEU is divided into 6 work packages with the following focus areas
- Leadership and governance of the alliance
- Joint e-campus
- Education
- Collaboration and innovation
- Transparency, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy
- Communication, engagement, utilisation and dissemination of results
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