New website brings the ECIU University closer to the university community

The philosophy of the ECIU University consists in making higher learning institutions work closely together with public, private and social agents to meet the new challenges of today's society in the areas of training and innovation, while at the same time facilitating collaborations and mobility among people from all over Europe.

22/10/2020

A key part of the Eciu University focuses on the resolution of challenges found in today's society with the aim of having a real impact in the community, city or region. These types of learnings will allow students to prepare themselves professionally to work in multidisciplinary and international teams, to gain intercultural knowledge, and develop problem-solving and team-building skills.

With the objective of announcing this initiative to the university community and foster participation in the challenges posed by the 12 European member universities, a new web was launched containing all the necessary information. In addition to providing the latest news on the ECIU University, the web also gives visibility to the work done by members of the UAB forming part of this initiative, and offers members of the university community the chance to clear up and doubts or questions they may have.

Birth of the ECIU University

The ECIU University is one of the 17 international initiatives selected after the European Commission announced a call for European Universities as part of the EU Erasmus+ programme, and has received 5 million euros in funding.

On 7 November 2019, the UAB hosted the institutional launch of the ECIU University, an initiative by the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU), which aims to offer an innovative university educational model reaching across borders and providing a response to today's social challenges through innovative training and research methods.

Members of the ECIU University include the University of Twente (the Netherlands) as coordinating institution, Linköping University (Sweden), Hamburg University of Technology (Germany), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), Aalborg University (Denmark), the University of Aveiro (Portugal), the Dublin City University (Ireland), the Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania), the University of Stavanger (Norway), the University of Trento (Italy) and Tampere University (Finland) and the National Institute of Applied Sciences, INSA (France).

More information: ECIU University UAB

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