This White Paper is developed within the context of JEDI (Joint European Degree Label), an initiative led by 16 higher education institutions under the European University Alliances EELISA, EUt+, and ENHANCE. The project responds to the 2022 Erasmus+ call for proposals and shares a common objective: the development of a Pilot European Degree Label. The…
Building on the diverse perspectives of policymakers, stakeholders, experts, ministers from EU Member States and partner countries, and representatives of EU institutions, the 6th European Education Summit of 2023 delivered several key outcomes. Participants reflected on the collective progress achieved within the European Education Area and identified the main challenges that still need to be…
This document presents recommendations to the EELISA institutions and suggests concrete actions based on the findings of the Focus group on staff engagement, incentives and recognition, which met between June and July 2025. The Focus group brought together representatives from Work Packages, EELISA Local and Central Offices and stakeholder representatives around two main questions: (1) how to…
This discussion paper of the FOREU4ALL Community of Practice aims to show why European Universities alliances remain essential for achieving the EU’s ambitions for competitiveness, the ERA, the EEA, and the Union of Skills. About FOREU4ALL FOREU4ALL is the Community of Practice of all 73 European Universities alliances, involving over 600 higher education institutions across…
The EELISA Sustainability Compliance Framework is a practical tool designed to assess how sustainability principles are embedded across the EELISA Alliance. It enables us to track progress, identify opportunities for improvement, and strengthen our collective contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Sustainability Compliance Framework builds on international best practices, adapting elements of AASHE’s…
“Fostering Collaboration: The Influence of European University Alliances on Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems – The EELISA Experience” is an academic paper written by EELISA Alliance members from UPM, FAU, ZHAW & ITU, published by the Spanish Ministry for Tourism and Industry. This study examines the role of European University Alliances in enhancing collaboration, entrepreneurship, and…
The following document is an extract of the deliverable D.4.7 “Guidelines to avoid Gender-Based and Sexual Violence” developed by the EELISA Gender Equality & Diversity Workgroup and submitted to the European Commission in December 2024. Inspired by the good practices and the various guidelines gathered from EELISA members, this document presents a series of augmented…
The ambition of EELISA is to develop a common European engineer profile rooted in society, with increased inclusiveness, cross-disciplinarity and commitment. Such a profile includes high-level technical and scientific core competencies but also encompasses environmental, social and multicultural skills taking benefits from the European context of diversity and mobility, in order to address the new…
EELISA Credentials are the “academic materialization” of the students’ involvement in the innovative and transformative learning experiences offered by the EELISA Communities – it is a passport, certified, fraud-free, and IT-based, in which the student collects the evidence (“badges”) of his/her contribution to social challenge solving processes.
The EELISA Digital Campus is the centralized hub for collaboration in EELISA. On the Digital Campus you find: EELISA Opportunities for all target groups (including Seasonal Schools, Internships, Staffweeks…) as well as EELISA Communities to expand your professional network. The EELISA Digital Campus User Guideline will help you navigate through the Campus. For technical support…