ECIU University
WHO WE ARE
Uniting over… 11 pioneers 33 associates University of Twente (The Netherlands) 1 1 6 207,000 Aalborg University (Denmark) Dublin City University (Ireland) Higher Education National Regional STUDENTS Institution authority authorities Hamburg University of Technology (Germany) 31,118 Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania) 8 13 2 STAFF, INCLUDING 17,182 Linköping University (Sweden) Cities Enterprises Associations ACADEMIC STAFF/ Tampere University (Finland) RESEARCHERS 2 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) Agencies 142 University of Aveiro (Portugal) FACULTIES University of Stavanger (Norway) 449 University of Trento (Italy) RESEARCH GROUPS OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE
ECIU University is a new pan-European university Goal 11 – Sustainable cities and communities – with an innovative challenge-based approach with the ambition of creating a model adaptable to and a true European inter-university campus. any future societal development objective. At ECIU University, learners, researchers, enterprises, OUR local bodies and citizens will be enabled to co-create The ECIU University approach will strengthen interac- VISION original educational pathways and relevant innovative tion and engagement among education, research and solutions for challenges to the advancement of soci- innovation, with a positive effect on the local, regional FOR THE ety. Initially, ECIU University will focus on topics related and European community, ultimately leading to sus- FUTURE to the United Nations Sustainable Development tainable economic growth. By focusing on developing
Erasmus+ the interdisciplinary competences necessary to solve societal mainstreaming open, innovative and flexible learning as challenges primarily defined by the surrounding industry and well as ensuring its recognition. ECIU University students society at large, the ECIU University community will be at the will work in interdisciplinary teams and will have the very centre of (re)creating regional knowledge economies possibility of personalising their curricula to their needs by and further contributing to achieving the United Nations adding different micro-credentials depending on specific Sustainable Development Goals in teams. interests and societal challenges being addressed. These flexible and original educational pathways will lead to Building on the longstanding experiences of partner either the ECIU University competence passport or a unique universities, ECIU University aims to act as a role model for European Degree in 2025.
PUTTING OUR VISION INTO PRACTICE
KEY DELIVERABLES / ACTIVITIES
Challenge-based education and research Model for transnational challenge-based organised around United Nations Sustainable education – a number of education and innovation Development Goal 11 and fostered by an labs focusing on innovation in teaching, learning and entrepreneurial mind-set and developed research. A place to scale up existing educational civic engagement. models and to co-create new models.
Open and original education with flexible learning pathways, including embedded structured mobility, micro-credentials, leading to a competence passport or European degree (a trans-European challenge- based learning scheme).
HOW OUR ALLIANCE WILL TRANSFORM OUR UNIVERSITIES
ECIU University will significantly transform the functioning of the partner institutions by:
Remodelling educational offerstoward the needs Joint road mapping research related to United Nations of students and other learners. Sustainable Development Goal 11.
Further opening up universities by organising Creating a joint ECIU platform for student guidance education and innovation in co-creation with and welfare services. stakeholders (public, private, students). Establishing a shared IT platform for challenges and Allowing learners complete access to courses a learning environment for micro-credentials. of all connected universities.
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