International Relations Europe & Unite and Overseas

The Office of International Relations Europe & Unite and Overseas will be closed from 22nd December 2023 until 5th January 2024. We will reopen on 8th January 2024, at which point we will resume our standard hours of operation. If urgent please contact us at international@zv.tu-darmstadt.de. We thank you for your understanding. Best wishes to you and yours for 2024 from the International Relations teams!

Application period open

CoDaS, one of the first joint degree programmes offered by the Unite! alliance, has been granted the prestigious Erasmus Mundus funding by Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union in 2023. The application period for studies starting in autumn 2024 is currently ongoing from 4 Dec 2023 to 19 Jan 2024.

As part of a Unite! seed funded project, researchers and scientists from KTH Stockholm, TU Darmstadt and TU Graz focus on joint training, hands-on collaboration and new insights in the field of renewable biotechnology.

Sustainable processes for the utilization of carbon dioxide and biomass as future resource base of the industry will highly influence the circular bioeconomy. TU Graz, KTH and TU Darmstadt already hold a strong position in the field of renewable biotechnology, including microbial and enzymatic CO2 utilization and the biocatalytic synthesis of high-value products and commodities. Together they want to unite and expand the biotechnology division within European universities.

The research work led by Rubén Vicente Sáez for Unite! European University Alliance culminated on October 24-25,2023 at Aalto University with the final Open Science Policy Forum.

In the Unite! H2020 project strategic tools and policy guidelines have been developed to advance the modernization of R&I governance models at universities in the digital era. The research work led by Rubén Vicente Sáez for Unite! European University Alliance culminated on October 24-25,2023 at Aalto University with the final Open Science Policy Forum that also gathered stakeholders from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. This was the fifth and final policy forum that have taken place in different Unite! universities around Europe involving researchers, staff, university managers, and decision makers. The aim of the final policy forum was to explore how the new university open science and innovation governance model developed in the project can contribute to the solving of grand societal challenges and be scaled-up at European level.

UNITE.H2020 team worked on the first set of common objectives and activities

Based on the shared Alliance R&I strategic approach, and in line with the European Commission, Member States and Regional research agendas, the Unite! R&I Agenda defines a set of common Research and Technology Transfer & Innovation objectives. The long-term vision of each partner converges into the Agenda, where the partners’ strengths are combined to reach a “whole beyond its parts”, towards a joint R&I strategy. 

Intercomprehension workshop for Unite! staff members

Intercomprehension is the competence or strategy to understand languages that we haven’t learned yet, but that are part of the same language family of a language we already know. In the workshop, intercomprehension as a strategy will be explained and tested. By using specific strategies, understanding texts in Dutch, German, Swedish or other Germanic languages will be suddenly much easier. Furthermore, intercomprehension introduces an easy way to learn reading a new language of the same language family autonomously. The workshop will take place in the first half of December 2023, apply by 29. November.

An offer for prospective students with refugee status

For 38 refugees the winter semester 2023/24 started with an interactive series of workshops before they will begin their next preparatory German courses at TU Darmstadt’s Language Resource Centre. Under the title “Shape your future”, the participants from Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey and Ukraine were offered information and activities on the topics of studying and working in Germany over the course of three days from October 4th to October 6th 2023.

ISS opening times, winter activities, and more!

Learn about identifying abuse of power and inappropriate sexual advances at the university

Stipendien für Lehramtsstudierende für einen Jahresaufenthalt 2024/25

Wer im Studienjahr 2024/2025 Interesse an einer Förderung eines Kombinierten Studien- und Praxisaufenthalt hat, der für die Praxisphase II geeignet ist, kann sich noch bis 30.11.2023 bewerben.

Im Wintersemester 2023/24 werden fünf Semesterstipendien aus dem Stipendienprogramm der Carlo und Karin Giersch Stiftung an internationale Bachelor-Studienanfänger:innen vergeben.

The aim of this webinar, which will take place online on 21th November from 5pm to 7pm, is to offer undergraduate, master's and doctoral Unite! students the tools and resources to improve their outreach and communication skills. Apply before 15th November

Level up your outreach skills: power networking and cool communication for students is the title of the first Unite! Outreach training. The activity is for the alliance students interested in improving their communication skills when working with non-specialised audiences, such as future students, civil society organisations, citizens, small and medium-sized enterprises or public administrations.

Unite! has now available a series of online workshops to the entire academic community in order to reduce the barriers to human resources motivation, equality, career progress, and reward

These workshops are based on an analysis of best practices and existing policies for Human Resources Strategies for Researchers (HRS4R) in research and academia, policies and measures to eliminate brain drain and to strengthen knowledge circulation, barriers to equal inclusion and effective strategies to attract, assess and reward researchers.

Have you heard about the U! Train? It's an ambitiously exciting Unite! course, scheduled to depart, September 2024

In a nutshell, 30 students will embark on a unique journey, traveling by train from one Unite! partner university (UPC Barcelona) to another (Grenoble INP-UGA). Along the way, students will engage in various non-academic activities. Upon reaching their destination, they will continue with team-building exercises and, of course, academic work. The course, also including virtual studies before or after the September U!Train, will be worth 3 credits (ECTS).

Connect with fellow international peers and explore Unite!’s courses, programmes and activities

Are you interested in expanding your global network? Do you dream of studying at other European universities and immersing yourself in diverse cultures? Or perhaps you'd like to collaborate with fellow students or teachers from across Europe to address significant societal challenges? Join us at the Unite! Virtual Fair, where we unveil a range of opportunities offered by Unite!.

Matching Week

Get your job interview at the Matching Week: Clarify your questions regarding application and job interview via online workshops and self service offers. Apply by November 2. Explore your career options in one-on-one online talks with employers

Die drei Darmstädter Rotary Clubs schreiben ein Stipendium für studentische Auslandsaufenthalte 2024/25 aus

Seit über 110 Jahren fördern Rotary Clubs die internationale Verständigung zwischen den Völkern und bieten im Zweijahresturnus Masterstudierenden der TU Darmstadt ein attraktives Stipendium über 10.000€ zur Finanzierung studentischer Auslandsaufenthalte an.

Notice Board of IRIS promotes research within Unite!

Within the framework of the UNITE.H2020 project, the IRIS network (Integrated Research and Innovation Services) has developed a Notice Board to promote collaboration and ease matchmaking between Unite! researchers.

VIII Unite! Dialogue Wrocław

From the 19th to the 21st of September 2023, Wrocław Tech played host to the VIII Unite! Dialogue, themed “Unite! Ecosystems”. Representatives from all alliance universities, including faculty, staff, students, and decision-makers, converged to engage in discussions that would shape the future of the European University.

Would you like to complete your master's degree or a research stay at one of America's top universities? Then apply for the ERP and McCloy programs. With both programs, the German National Academic Foundation supports study and research stays at top U.S. universities.