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EULiST First General Assembly

26/10/2022

The first EULiST General Assembly took place in Madrid between October 19^th to 21^st, 2022. The different meetings of the Presidents’ Board, the Management Board and the Coordination Office were hosted by University Rey Juan Carlos.

More than thirty representatives from all ten (10) partner Universities, participated in the discussions, including Rectors and Vice Rectors, evidencing thus the high degree of commitment among the institutions already working as an alliance to build a European University “Our present, your future”. Fruitful discussions were conducted and strategic decisions were taken on the preparation of the upcoming proposal within 2023 EUI Call.

NTUA participated with its Rector, Professor Andreas Boudouvis, the EULiST-NTUA Coordinator, Professor Katerina Adam, and Antonia Lampropoulou from the local Coordination Office.

Within the framework of the General Assembly, EULiST representatives were invited in the inauguration of the new Teaching Laboratories of Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physics and Electronic Technology at the URJC School of Experimental Sciences and Technology at Campus de Móstoles.

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Erasmus+ Call for Proposals – European Universities 2023

19/10/2022

The European Commission launched on September 30^th 2022 the new European Universities call under the Erasmus+ programme. This new Erasmus+ call for proposals will continue the rollout of the European Universities initiative with a record total budget of €384 million. The submission deadline is 31 January 2023.

The 2023 Erasmus+ call builds on the success of the three calls launched in 2019, 2020 and 2022. These currently support 44 alliances gathering 340 higher education institutions from all over Europe. This new call is aiming to bring the initiative closer to the objective set in the European strategy for universities, to support 60 alliances by mid-2024, gathering over 500 higher education institutions across Europe.

EULiST Alliance will submit a new proposal in the 2023 Call under Topic 2 – Development of new deep institutional transnational cooperation. In the 2022 Call EULiST was ranked among the top ten applications and ruled as a “high quality proposal”.

EULiST at Researchers’ Night NTUA

10/10/2022

The National Technical University of Athens opened its gates at the emblematic Averof building at the Patission historic complex on Friday September 30^th, 2022, from 5 o’clock in the afternoon until 10 o’clock in the evening to hold Researchers’ Night. The aim of this pan european event is to re-invent the connection between Academia and Society, and re-introduce to the research world thousands of people, the citizens of Athens and members of all the communities of the Universities and the Research Centers of the Attica region.

The EULiST NTUA team – comprised by professors and students from a number of NTUA Schools – participated in the heart of the fascinating event at the central atrium of the Averof building, and attracted a great number of young researchers and students who were informed for the EULiST vision and its activities to the present.

In particular, flyers were disseminated at the EULiST corner that stood out with a central roll up banner, and three videos were continuously shown, regarding (i) EULiST Universities general info (ii) the EULiST 3D Virtual Sustainable Campus workshop and (iii) the EULiST Summer School in the frame of “You promised me a city” conference.

Activities of this type enhance the dissemination of EULiST vision and mission to the community of our Universities.

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EULiST welcomes IMT

26/08/2022

EULiST Alliance has been extended to 10 university members with the addition of IMT Institut Mines-Télécom. IMT has several existing ties to EULiST members, including NTUA, and holds the same vision to create one joint European University.

Institut Mines-Télécom is a public institution dedicated to higher education, research and innovation in engineering and digital technology. Always attentive to the economic world, IMT combines academic legitimacy with strong corporate relationships. Focusing on key transformations in digital technology, industry, energy and education, IMT trains the engineers, managers and PhDs who will play an active role in the major changes of the 21st century. Its activities are conducted in ten Mines and Télécom graduate schools under the authority of the Ministry of the Economy and Industry, in addition to one subsidiary school and three partner institutions, which are either associates or under contractual agreements. IMT schools are among the most prestigious graduate schools in France.