Gemeinsame Lösungen für die Förderung nachhaltiger Energie in Europa

Unite! und Una Europa, zwei Universitätsallianzen, die insgesamt 20 europäische Universitäten vereinen, haben sich für gemeinsame Matchmaking-Aktivitäten zum Thema nachhaltige Energie in Horizon Europe – dem Europäischen Rahmenprogramm für Forschung und Innovation – zusammengetan. Die beiden Veranstaltungen – ein digitales Pre-Matchmaking und ein persönliches Treffen in Brüssel – brachten 46 Forschende aus 15 Universitäten und 10 Ländern zusammen. Drei neue europäische Forschungskonsortien bereiten derzeit Vorschläge für kommende Ausschreibungen in Horizon Europe Cluster 5 „Klima, Energie und Mobilität“ vor.

Prepare your stay at TU Darmstadt!

We have updated our checklists 1.Pre-Arrival and 2. After Arrival for international students!

This is your chance to participate in the Unite! Student Festival held this June in Lisbon. The goal of this festival is to bring together the international Unite! student community and raise their engagement within the alliance.

The Unite! Student Festival Lisbon 2023 will be hosted at University of Lisbon (ULisboa), from June 29 to July 1, 2023 and will gather students from all nine partner universities. It will combine fun, interculturalism and co-creation activities to boost the engagement of Unite! Students community. The participation for Unite! students is free and you can expect travel costs, accommodations and activities to be covered by your university. The deadline for registration is 15 March 2023.

To start off with the new phase of the Erasmus+ project, the alliance will hold the 7th Unite! Dialogue hosted by Grenoble INP graduate school of engineering and management, from February 28 to March 2, 2023.

Grenoble INP-UGA is hosting the 7th Unite! Dialogue from the 28th February until the 2nd March, bringing together the whole Unite! community of the nine partner universities. After being granted additional funding for another four years in the Erasmus+ program, this particular Dialogue is the opportunity for all the members working in Unite! projects (Communities (E+), Work Packages (H2020), JPROV and IDEM) to gather and make decisions shaping the future of the Alliance.

Unite! and five other alliances have secured the European Commission’s support for ED-AFFICHE, their joint proposal to pilot the European Degree label funded by the Erasmus+ programme.

This unprecedented collaboration among European University Alliances will enable Unite!, Una Europa, 4EU+, CHARM-EU, EC2U and EU-CONEXUS to make bold steps towards realising the transformative potential of the European Degree label. Pooling their collective expertise, the consortium will seek to improve the process of developing joint degrees as a central strand of the project.

Following the initiative of Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Unite! has invited seven universities from Ukraine to collaborate

The tertiary institutes will implement the “Green Transformation at Ukrainian Universities” project, funded by the National Academic Exchange Agency. The main objective is to support the academic community of Ukraine by engaging partner institutions in regular activities under the Unite! Erasmus+ programme, this work will be carried through by Unite!’s community devoted to “An Open Innovation Community for the Green Transition”, led by Wrocław University of Science and Technology. A second, equally important objective is to establish permanent cooperation between Ukrainian universities and Unite!, which will facilitate the country's post-war reconstruction process, as well as constituting an important step in the process of its integration into the European Union.

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The Unite! community introduces itself

Unite! is a living and constantly growing alliance. Many people at the seven (soon to be nine) partner universities are working on different projects to make a European University a reality. Who they are and what exactly they do is what we show in the series “Let's Unite! – Get to know…”. Minna-Kaarina Forssén and Anneli Vartio from Aalto University will start this year.

Share your vision of the university of the future and participate in the Unite! Student Festival

Gather a team of students in Unite! universities, prepare a video with your vision of the university of the future and compete with other teams to win a participation on the Unite! Student Festival in Lisbon.

Interdisciplinary research project for all Unite! students

Unite! students have until the 15th of January to apply to take part in an interdisciplinary real-life research project for the solution of an important challenge related to the sustainability of the Oceans. ULISSES – University of Lisbon Interdisciplinary Studies on Sustainable Environment and Seas is a project that will provide students with a deep knowledge of ocean related problems.

Our closing times around Christmas

The Online International Counter remains closed from December 24, 2021 until January 08, 2022 due to the holiday season. The opening times for our offices can be found here. We wish everyone a joyful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The Unite! community introduces itself

Unite! is a living and constantly growing alliance. Many people at the seven (soon to be nine) partner universities are working on different projects to make a European University a reality. Who they are and what exactly they do is what we show in the series “Let's Unite! – Get to know…”. This time, Arnold Pears from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology takes on.

Beatriz de Sousa Rodrigues and Pau Maza y Díaz will represent Unite! students in future

SURE! (Students in Unite! for Representation and Empowerment!) has introduced its two new spokespersons coinciding with the new phase of the alliance. They are Beatriz de Sousa Rodrigues, from ULisboa and Pau Maza, student at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC). SURE! is the student representative body of the alliance and as such participates in the Unite! Steering Committee. Unite! SURE! offers students from the nine Unite! partner universities the opportunity to co-create and engage with their peers from other European universities, who can then participate in the decisions and projects implemented by the alliance. 

The two vice-presidents are the rectors of two Unite! partner universities, Ilkka Niemelä from Aalto University and Daniel Crespo from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech.

Based on the feedback from the European Commission, Unite! has decided to strengthen its leadership and establish two new Vice President positions. President Ilkka Niemelä from Aalto University and Rector Daniel Crespo from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya were elected for these positions by the Academic Forum of Unite! on 29 November, 2022.

These two guidelines will help the Unite! community to work using accessible contents and events

Diversity is a key guiding value. Unite! is convinced that shared differences are an essential component of international and democratic cooperation and further, are a fundamental accelerator of social change and innovation. Therefore, the alliance strive to ensure and maintain an environment that not only celebrates and welcomes diversity, but also offers opportunities and chances for personal growth and fulfilment regardless of individual differences.

Unite! has closed its pilot phase to launch the new Erasmus + proposal for the next four years, to implement the European university of innovation, technology and engineering

From 1 to 3 November, the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) hosted the first Unite! Steering Committee since the EU announced the decision to fund the alliance for another four years in the Erasmus+ program. The Unite! Steering Committee, made up of the Unite! Secretariat, the Key Liaison Officers from each partner university, the Work Package Leaders of the new proposal and the Students in Unite! for Representation and Empowerment (SURE!), discussed in detail the new goals and projects of this new phase.

Unite! Winter School at TU Darmstadt for researchers

The Graduate School Energy Science and Engineering of TU Darmstadt invites you from 6 to 8 December 2022 to the Unite! Winter School “Sustainable and Resilient Energy for Europe?!”. The Winter School is aimed at doctoral students, postdocs, practising engineers and researchers from the fields of energy systems, energy policy and energy economics. It will cover scientific and technical aspects of the production and use of carbon-free and sustainable energy storage systems, such as hydrogen and iron, as well as socio-economic aspects, such as the multi-level governance of hydrogen strategies. Participants will gain insights into current challenges and approaches to solutions in an energy landscape that is changing daily. The Winter School will take place as a hybrid event. Participation is free of charge. Free hotel accommodation is provided for 20 applicants from Unite! universities. Registration is open until 15 November 2022.

Unite! Teaching and Learning conference

Capacity building in pedagogy and examples of innovation in teaching is crucial to renewing our university education. The Teaching and Learning Unite! Conference 2022 – A Unite!-Ed Future offers an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences and ideas with a focus on, for example, interaction in digital and hybrid learning environments, student-centered learning and various aspects of sustainable development. The conference will be online via Zoom, on November 10, 9-16 CET. Registration deadline is November 8, 2022.

Online conference for Unite! students

Unite! partner Grenoble INP-UGA is organising the online conference “Energy Poverty in the EU” for all Unite! students. The conference explicitly asks for students' perspectives on the energy crisis in the EU and develops concrete actions. The first session will take place online via Zoom on 27 October 2022.