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Earlier this month Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) organised meetings of representatives of ECIU in Vilnius and Kaunas to discuss the issues of one European Diploma and university networking.

The European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) supports the development of ambitious European Universities Networks by sharing ten criteria, including five ideas for activities to be funded.

Nico Verdonschot, scientific director of the TechMed Centre at the University of Twente, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Aalborg University in Denmark.

The latest International Student Barometer (ISB) demonstrates that the international students at TUT report the world’s highest levels of satisfaction with their university.

“They (students) are not interested into sitting and listening to their teacher, they want to take action”, said Martin Velasquez, Director of Academic Affairs at Monterrey Technological University, Mexico while visiting KTU.

In the beginning of March Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) hosted the Steering Committee for Innovation in Teaching and Learning of European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) for the first time.

Thirteen European associations of universities, among which ECIU is one, call upon the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council, to double the budget for research, innovation and education.

ECIU presents their vision on the future EU programme for Research and Innovation (FP9). With their recommendations, they want to increase the impact of FP9.

ECIU sent a letter to the Heads of Government of their home countries. In this, they underline the importance of investing at least 25 percent of the European budget in education, research and innovation.

Stéphanie Gauttier (BMS Faculty) received this prestigious and competitive fellowship. Together with DCU she will start a project to assess the impact of human enhancement technologies used at work onto employees and their performance.

The ECIU Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning aims to recognise the role that teams of people play within and/or across universities in successfully developing and implementing educational innovations. Apply now!

A Master classes typically explores an innovation or contemporary issue related to teaching and learning that will be of wide interest to ECIU member institutions.

The ECIU Steering Committee for Innovation in Teaching and Learning calls for applications to host an ECIU Masterclass in Innovation in Teaching and Learning on a suitable future-focused teaching and learning related theme.

ECIU has just launched a Research Mobility Fund, aiming at increasing collaboration amongst its researchers. Researchers are invited to apply for a travel grant of up to 5.000 Euros.

ECIU welcomes the creation of a European Education Area by 2025, as proposed by the European Commission.

Representatives and alumni of all the twelve member universities gathered in hotel Leopold, next to the European Parliament, to raise their glasses to twenty years of international university partnerships – December 1, 2017

The European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) and the University of Twente will take part in an European research project on improving community engagement of higher education.

The European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) awards the University of Twente (UT) module ‘Smart ways to make smart cities smarter’ with the ECIU Team Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. – Brussels, 30 November 2017

The ECIU Office in Brussels is headed by Olga Wessels, who promotes the interests of ECIU and its member universities at the EU level.

Aalborg University is ranked the best university in Europe and the eighth best university worldwide for engineering according to the Best Global Universities list published by U.S. News and World Report.

From 1 October 2017, the ECIU will be represented on the European stage by a permanent Brussels office.

On the 7th and 8th of September, Prof. Verbeek, the Professor of Philosophy of Technology at the University of Twente, was inaugurated as an honorary professor at Aalborg University. His inaugural lecture dealt with ‘techno-anthropology’,

Third seminar of the ECIU Startup Journey, 6-8 November 2017 at Linköping University

The ECIU’s ‘Startup Discovery Programme’ is a flagship programme that will support student or PhD researcher startup teams, from ECIU member universities, to understand how to innovate and develop their products and propositions.

The masterclass introduces and demonstrates how simulation-based learning can be used in higher education, and the potential student learning outcome this pedagogical method offers. 1 and 2nd June 2017 at University of Stavanger

We are hiring! We are looking for a European Research & Innovation Policy Officer. Apply now!

University of Twente Executive Board President Victor van der Chijs has been appointed President of the ECIU, the European Consortium of Innovative Universities. Asta Pundzienė and José Mendes were elected as vice-president and treasurer.

Kaunas University of Technology will hold the 2nd International PhD Summer School, dedicated to development of transferable skills – 21–25 August 2017 at seaside resort Palanga.

Thursday March 3, a delegation from Linköping, Sweden, visited the newly named Novel-T (Kennispark Twente). Among the visitors were students, a delegation of Science Park Mjärdevi and a delegation of Linköping Municipality.

Faculty of Informatics at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) is looking to widen the pool of the teachers in ICT field. Therefore we kindly invite both academics and practitioners to become a visiting lecturers at KTU.

The Meeting of the ECIU Vice-Presidents for Research and Innovation will take place in Copenhagen – 1 June 2017

Tampere University of Technology fits perfectly into the ECIU profile with having a long track record in student-industry interaction, a strong international profile and sound commitment to implementing new teaching methods and technology.

The first batch of teacher students has finished a new online course in anti-bullying, a collaboration between ECIU universities in Stavanger and Dublin.

Ever wanted to study in Sweden, Denmark or Norway?Then our new "Nordic Master in Social Work and Welfare" might be interesting for you! Apply now until 1 March 2017

Communicate with businessmen and other investors and win monetary prizes at KTU Startup Space. Register now for 27 April 2017 at Kaunas University of Technology!

Meeting of the TTO working group, 19 December 2016, Amsterdam

Meeting of the Vice-Rectors for Research, 12-13 January 2017, Kaunas University of Technology

On 23 September 2016, the rectors of the University of Aveiro, Kaunas, Linköping, Stavanger, Tec de Monterrey and Twente signed the agreement for the first ECIU Twin Programme in Mechanical Engineering.

The rectors and presidents of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) had met in September 2016 to take the final decisions on the further steps for the 20th year of ECIU’s existence

Final presentations of the Leadership Development Programme, University of Aveiro – 28 October

Meeting of the EU Working Group, University of Aveiro – 26-27 October

Meeting of the IPR Working Group, University of Aveiro – 26-27 October

Kick off Meeting of the ITN RUNIN (Role of Universities in Regional Development) of six ECIU members (coordinator Stavanger), University of Stavanger – October 24-25

Microsoft in partnership with DCU Institute of Education, DCU St Patrick’s Campus are delighted to invite you to a special event with Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella – October 3, 2016

From 6 to 9 September, the UAB hosted the latest meeting of the ECIU Leadership Development Programme, which unites university administration members from centres all over Europe.

CIU students from Dublin (DCU), Stavanger (UiS), Monterrey (ITESM), Rostov (SfdU), Lodz (TUL), Kaunas (KTU) and Barcelona (UAB) had a fantastic time at CuriousU at the University of Twente.

A major European research project will equip young innovation researchers for careers contributing to regional development. Seven universities from across Europe are taking part in the project.

Lluís Tort, president of the ECIU will join the World Class Summit for Universities of Latin America, July 6 – 8 2016

The next ECIU rectors' meeting will take place in Amsterdam – 23 September 2016

The next board meeting will take place in Aveiro – 27 - 28 October 2016

The next Board meeting will take place at Tecnológico de Monterrey – 3 - 7 April 2017

Kaunas University of Technology will hold the PhD intensive course of Social Responsibility in May 23-27, Kaunas.

The conference will be held on the 9th and 10th of June and will be attended by leading academics in the fields of bullying, aggression, conflict and mediation from all over the world.  

The President of the University of Twente, Victor van der Chijs, is appointed as Vice Speaker of the ECIU Consortium during the Board Meeting last week.

The position paper outlines some of ECIU’s suggestions on the role and implementation of a European Innovation Council – 21 April 2016

This two day workshops from 13.-14.10.2016 will include an introduction to PBL learning principles and the Aalborg PBL model. 

ECIU celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day on the 26th of April in Dublin! This year’s theme is “Digital Creativity: Culture Reimagined”. 

The University of Twente invites you to the Seminar: 'The ins and outs of TEM' on 31 may 2016.

The EOLLA is an exciting and challenging professional development programme for university leaders.There is no charge for ECIU members. Apply now! Rome 17-19th October

Our partner university in Mexico offers internships for a semester or summer. For ECIU students these internships have no cost.

ECIU is looking for a strong new member in France and the UK. The deadline is 15 April.

ECIU students run at the Batavierenrace, the world's largest relay race — 23 April 2016

The third Seminar of the ECIU Leadership Development Programme will take place in Aveiro — 25–28 October 2016

The second Seminar of the ECIU Leadership Development Programme will take place in Barcelona — 6-9 September 2016

The first Seminar of the ECIU Leadership Development Programme will take place in Brussels –— 10–13 May 2016

The next ECIU Board Meeting will take place in Brussels – 21-22 April 2016

The next meeting of the Meeting of the Steering Committee Innovation in Teaching and Learning will take place in Barcelona – 7-8 April 2016

The next meeting of the ECIU Steering Committee Entrepreneurship and Societal Impact of Research (ESIR) will take place in Linköping – 4 and 5 October 2016

The conference is about knowledge cultures, critical creative thinking and innovative learning processes at Aalborg University, Denmark — 18 – 19 August, 2016

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has become a member of ECIU, the network of innovation pioneers from 12 European countries. KTU is the only Lithuanian university in the Consortium.

Learning analytics is a rapidly growing field which is helping institutions develop better understanding of how their students are learning and how courses can be improved.

Alumni in Belgium are warmly invited for an ECIU Alumni Networking event in Brussels on April 21st.

Lluís Tort, vice-rector for Strategic Projects and Planning, has been appointed president of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU).

The University of Aveiro Business Incubator (IEUA) won the “Best Science Based Incubator” award in the “Return on Investment” category.

In the context of its ECIU Executive Board meeting in Brussels, the member universities invited their Alumni for a first get-together.

Our new ECIU Student Exchange Brochure is out now and features all ECIU member universities, exchange programmes and joint double degrees that ECIU has to offer.

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, various universities and companies will invest SEK 1.8 billion over an 11-year period on research and development of autonomous systems.

We are pleased to announce our HEKATE Final Conference “Building bridges between the industry and its future innovation managers”