The European Student Assembly is organised by the European Universities Community (EUC), as a grassroots initiative gathering students and staff from European University Alliances. ESA will hold its second edition from 31 May to 2 June 2023 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Register now!

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.

Unite! aims to be a European driver of open science and innovation. Our objective is to enhance open science competencies in the partner universities and wider in the society. Register now!

The toolbox aims to support the creation of new innovative study plans, new educational methods and devise training courses for the teaching faculty and administrative staff.

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.

Visit the Unite! virtual fair for students

Are you interested in increasing your international network? Would you like to study at other European universities as well and get to know local cultures? Or would you like to work out solutions to grand societal challenges together with other students around Europe? Join the Unite! Virtual Fair and check the offers for students created by the nine universities in the European university network Unite! that TU Darmstadt is a part of. Time: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 16-18 CET Location: Spatial Chat, link will be sent to registered participants

Grenoble invites Unite! students

From 6 to 10 February 2023, Unite! students get special access to the first edition of the Unite! winter school on Biomass and innovative materials, which will take place in Grenoble. It will focus on the themes of plant biomass valorisation (green and agri food waste, wood residues) as well as production of biomaterials (or bio sourced materials). Applications are open until 15 November 2022.

First cooperation project between Unite! and EPICUR

The University Partnership for Acceleration of European Universities (aUPaEu) project has received 3.4 million funding from the European Commission in the framework of the European Research Area call (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01) for the integration and implementation of acceleration services and will start in January 2023

TU Graz and Wroclaw Tech are now official Unite! partners

On September 20th, during the VI Unite! Dialogue hosted by Politecnico di Torino. Prof. Dr. Harald Kainz, Rector of the Graz University of Technology, and Prof. Dr. Arkadiusz Wójs, President of the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, signed the Unite! Charter confirming the full inclusion of both universities to the Unite! alliance. The signature act has taken place during the Unite! Governing Platform in the presence of Unite!'s president Tanja Brühl and all the rectors/presidents of the different Unite! partner universities.

VI Unite! Dialogue in Turin

With over 250 academic, staff and student participants coming from nine European Universities, the Unite! Alliance sixth Dialogue was just hosted at Politecnico di Torino on September 20-22. The Alliance, which concluded its sixth Dialogue, was recently awarded with additional funding from the European Commission. Together with the University delegations, other main participants were EC representatives, CRUI Rector’s Conference, the main German technical Universities’ network – TU9, plus Torino, Barcelona and Stockholm municipalities and the other five CLUSTER European Alliances.

On European Researchers' Night the Unite! alliance invites you to learn about the transition to sustainable and climate-neutral cities by 2030.

The European Researchers' Night is a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens' daily lives in fun, inspiring ways. This year, the event will take place in 25 countries on Friday 30 September 2022. The Unite! University Alliance is participating.

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, students Airi Nevalainen and Joona Huikuri from Aalto University introduce themselves.

The VI Unite! Dialogue is fast approaching

To close the pilot phase of the Erasmus+ project and launch the future activities, the Alliance will hold the VI Unite! Dialogue in Politecnico di Torino, with task force meetings and public plenary sessions.

Open Science Summer School at Aalto University

One of the focus areas of the UNITE.H2020 project is the promotion of open science. Open science is transparent and accessible knowledge that is shared and developed through collaborative networks. It involves sharing ideas, data, methods and results with local, national, regional and global collaborative networks of research participants. It also goes beyond this to encompass the production and use of this scientific knowledge among these collaborative networks.

Members of all Unite! partner universities visit the new partner in Poland

Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Wroclaw Tech), which together with the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have recently joined the Unite! alliance, hosted the last meeting of representatives of all Unite! Steering Committee. This body of the alliance integrates the so-called Key Liaison Officers (KLO) along with their deputies, and it is responsible for the coordination and continuous development of the alliance, as well as for cooperation between the partner universities, comprising the representatives from all partners.