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NTUA in a strong European University Alliance

06/07/2023

As of 3 July 2023, the National Technical University of Athens is officially a member of a European University Alliance: The Alliance EULiST “European Universities linking Society and Technology” has succeeded in the recent European Commission’s call to develop new European Universities. EC has awarded the Alliance funds amounting to 14,3 million euros for four years. This great success strengthens the outreach and internationalization strategy of NTUA within a strong transnational Alliance in the European Higher Education Area.

Coordinator of EULiST is Leibniz University Hannover (DE), and members along with NTUA are the Universities: Technical University of Vienna (AT), Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT (FI), Jönköping University (SE), Institut Mines-Télécom (FR), Brno University of Technology (CZ), Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (SK), University Rey Juan Carlos (ES), University L’Aquila (IT).

EULiST activities reflect the complementarity and the multiculturalism of its members, activating long-standing cooperations and developing new and deep ones, covering the wider regions of Northern, Western, Central and Southern Europe, towards a European University Community without borders, combined with outreach and the active engagement of social partners and stakeholders.

The committed and enthusiastic cooperation among the EULiST Members was once again highlighted during the annual EULiST General Assembly, which was successfully hosted by NTUA, 25-27 June 2023, and held at the Zografou Campus. Sixty-five representatives from all ten universities participated in the EULiST General Assembly, including the Rectors and Vice Rectors, Professors, administrative staff, and students. Within the framework of the General Assembly, NTUA organized the first EULiST Blended Intensive Program, with the title “Monitoring Clean Energy in the EULiST campuses”, in which twenty students from the EULiST Universities participated.

In the concluding remarks of the General Assembly, emphasis was given on the need for integration of EULiST in the daily activities of each Member University, on the students’ engagement within all EULiST activities, on the inclusion of sustainable development in everyday life, and on the communication, as well as innovation and technology transfer to social partners through education and research. Among the first planned activities are the development of challenge-based learning, new internship opportunities, joint research proposals in the focus areas of the Alliance, and the mapping of the social partners, with priority in the Municipalities and Regions of the EULiST Universities.

The success of the EULiST Alliance proposal, being awarded EC funds, justifies NTUA’s top-level leadership vision. It also justifies the strong effort of a large NTUA team – of more than 50 members from all NTUA Schools, the relevant administrative authorities, and students – under the coordination of Prof. Katerina Adam (School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering). In the central core of the team participated Prof. Sotiris Karellas (School of Mechanical Engineering), Prof. Efi Dimopoulou (School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering), Assoc. Prof. Ioanna Roussaki (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), Antonia Lampropoulou (International Relations Department), Katerina Makrinou (Rector’s Office) and Yiannis Tzigounakis (School of Chemical Engineering).

The path now opening represents a great challenge and opportunity for NTUA, as well as for its partners within the EULiST Alliance. I would like to thank everyone who has participated in the EULiST effort so far, which I hope will be embraced by the whole university community, and more especially by our current and future students.

Professor Andreas G. Boudouvis
NTUA Rector

More info and photos at the NTUA website

UNIque Days – Opening up the Universities to High School Students

10/05/2023

On Saturday, 6^th of May, EULiST was featured at the NTUA UNIque Day, which was organized by the NGO Unique Minds to guide high school students through the process of applying to universities and choosing their future career.

At the EULiST booth, NTUA students, as well as high school students who aspire to study at NTUA and their parents had the opportunity to get informed about the EULiST vision, the conceptual idea of a European University, the current achievements and the opportunities arising from EULiST future innovative actions. In further detail, the EULiST team showcased:

The last-year Summer School “You promised me a city” hosted by LUH
The first General Assembly of the EULiST consortium
The upcoming online info event about EU internships, co-organized by URJC and NTUA on 9^th of May-Europe Day
And the first Blended Intensive Program “Monitoring clean energy in the EULiST campuses”, co-organized by NTUA, LUT, JU, LUH, IMT, STU and UnivAQ

The event was a great success and the entire EULiST team is looking forward to continuing to engage with the broader NTUA community, sharing its progress as the EULiST alliance moves forward.

NTUA goes international

04/05/2023

Eleven NTUA Master Programs have successfully been included in the project for internationalization by the Greek Ministry of Education. The Master programs will be conducted in English language, starting from the academic year 2023-2024. Lectures from visiting professors will be included towards enhancing the curriculum. Both domestic and international students are welcome to apply for enrollment.

Environment and Development
Computational Mechanics
Geoinformatics
Ship and Marine Technology
Automation Systems
Analysis and Design of Structures
Applied Mechanics
Mathematical Modelling in Modern Technologies and in Finance
Microsystems and Nanodevices
Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
Materials Science and Engineering

EULiST organises the first Blended Intensive Program “Monitoring clean energy in the EULiST campuses”

02/05/2023

UPDATE: application deadline extension until Thursday May 18^th

EULiST organises the first Blended Intensive Program “Monitoring clean energy in the EULiST campuses”

31 May – 13 October 2023 – online and on-site in NTUA, Athens

Within the Alliance EULiST “European Universities Linking Society and Technology”, the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), organizes in cooperation with Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Jönköping University (JU), Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU), University L’Aquila (UnivAQ), an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) with the title “Monitoring clean energy in the EULiST campuses”. The BIP program is organised in the framework of EULiST WP 2 “Campus”, and in particular Task 2.1 “Digital Campus infrastructure” and Task 2.4. “Sustainable Campus Initiative”, in collaboration with WP4 “Research and Innovation”.

The call for applications is addressed to undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students, coming from the coorganizing EULiST Universities, that are interested in the topics addressed and enrolled in the following fields of study: STEM, Environmental Sciences, Business and Management, Social Sciences. Students from all EULiST universities are welcome to participate as zero-grant participants. Upon successful graduation, students will receive 3 ECTS credit points from the National Technical University of Athens.

The content of the BIP program is described in the call for applications attached, now launched.

Online application form is here.

Deadline for students’ applications: Monday May 15^th, 2023.

EULiST partner Prof. Zbyněk Křivka at NTUA to give lectures and strengthen cooperation between BUT and NTUA

28/04/2023

The National Technical University of Athens had the pleasure of hosting Professor Zbyněk Křivka/ Brno University of Technology (BUT) – Faculty of Information Technology (Czech Republic) at its facilities on 24-28/4/2023, invited by Assoc. Professor Ioanna Roussaki/ School of Electrical and Computer Engineering – NTUA.

Prof. Z. Křivka gave lectures on algorithms and optimisation under the post-graduate course of “Operations Management of the Techno-Economic Systems Masters Program”. Moreover, as BUT is a member of the EULiST University Alliance, he met with faculty members, students and administrative stuff of the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering and School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, aiming at strengthening the cooperation between BUT and NTUA in EULiST. Common actions for students and faculty mobility between the two universities have been planned, while mr. Krivka took advantage of this opportunity to visit the NTUA Central Library.

Prof. Z. Křivka also met with members of the EULiST team of NTUA: Katerina Adam, Efi Dimopoulou, Ioanna Roussaki, Antonia Lambropoulou, Alexandros Iliakis and Vaso Thoma aiming, among others, at investigating new collaboration channels towards the adoption of innovative teaching and learning inter-university schemas, as well as promoting the work of the Digital Campus of EULiST, focusing on technical aspects regarding access, availability, integration and interoperability across the related systems already deployed across the 10 Universities of the EULiST Alliance.

EUI Call 2023 proposal submission

31/01/2023

As decided by the Governing Board during the Madrid meeting, a new proposal for the funding of EULiST Alliance has been prepared and submitted under the Erasmus+ EUI Call 2023 for topic 2 “Development of new deep institutional transnational cooperation”.

The substantial input of the evaluators of the first proposal of EULiST for the Erasmus+ 2022 call has been fully integrated into this new proposal for the 2023 call along with other innovations and improvements.

The preparation of the joint proposal of ten Universities, submitted on January 31^st 2023, was a demanding, yet very creative process, with the catalytic participation of NTUA Team in the writing team of the proposal, the responsibility of WP4 EULiST Research and Innovation, the writing of impact and dissemination section, and the lead /colead of important tasks, and in particular external revenue, Digital Campus, AI tools for Education beyond Europe. NTUA has also prepared and hosts EULiST pilot central website.

New EULiST central coordinator

23/01/2023

At the beginning of 2023, Dr Markus Auditor was appointed as EULiST Central Coordinator. He is based at the International Office of Leibniz University Hannover (LUH). As head of the EULiST Coordination Office, Markus Auditor will work together with the EULiST Local Coordinators at all ten EULiST universities to manage central project administration and internal communication, as well as cooperation with other European University Alliances and higher education organisations. In addition, he will provide support with the development and implementation of strategies and concepts to sustainably transform EULiST into a European University.

Markus Auditor graduated in Educational Studies, Sociology and Cultural Studies, and completed his PhD in International Educational Cooperation for Sustainable Development at the former University of Hannover. Until recently, he was a Work-package Coordinator for the European University Alliance ENLIGHT and its acting Local Coordinator at the University of Göttingen.

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 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.

EULiST Coordinator Job Opening

04/08/2022

EULiST, through the Leibniz University Hannover International Office, invites applications for the position of a Coordinator (m/f/d) for the Higher Education Initiative “European Universities Linking Society and Technology” (EULiST) (Salary Scale 13 TV-L, 100 %) starting October 1, 2022. The position is initially limited to December 31, 2024.

EULiST is an alliance of universities in nine European countries that share a primary focus in the technological disciplines, in addition to their strengths in the humanities and social sciences. Objectives include establishing a European campus together with the partner universities and collaborating in research. Moreover, the alliance aims to gain a firm foothold in the respective countries and regions for intensive cooperation between local society and regional institutions as well as national and international corporations, whilst promoting a European identity. Particular emphasis will be placed on green technology, diversity and interdisciplinarity.

Responsibilities and duties

Coordinate EULiST alliance activities as head of the EULiST Coordination Office (CO)
Central contact person of the alliance
Establish collaboration with associated partners and local stakeholders
Management of finances concerning alliance activities
Reports and quality assurance
Public relations (press releases, EULiST website, social media, info campaigns, and newsletters)
Maintain contact with relevant organisations (e.g. EACEA)
Compile and communicate information on funding opportunities
Acquire and manage third-party funding

Employment conditions

To qualify for the position, applicants should hold a university science degree, have experience abroad (preferably within Europe), outstanding proficiency in English and one other language from one of the home countries of the EULiST partners, Working knowledge of German is a plus – as well as sound knowledge of higher education, research and foundation landscapes in Europe.

Furthermore, the successful candidate is expected to have administrative skills within an academic context, experience in acquiring and managing third-party funding, as well as the relevant IT skills (e.g. MS Office, databases) and familiarity with the process of internationalisation of higher education institutions.

Experience in collaboration between international higher education institutions would be advantageous – especially with regard to coordination of international university networks and exchange programmes within Europe (also those outside of the ERASMUS programme), especially the European Research Area and European Economic Area). A high level of intercultural competence, the capacity to work in a team, experience in managing projects, the ability to work well under pressure, commitment and dedication, along with an aptitude for text production and good negotiation skills round off the profile.

Leibniz University Hannover considers itself a family-friendly university and therefore promotes a balance between work and family responsibilities. Part-time employment can be arranged upon request.

The university aims to promote equality between women and men. For this purpose, the university strives to reduce under-representation in areas where a certain gender is under-represented. Women are under-represented in the salary scale of the advertised position. Therefore, qualified women are encouraged to apply. Moreover, we welcome applications from qualified men. Preference will be given to equally-qualified applicants with disabilities.

Please submit your application with supporting documents by September 4, 2022 in electronic form (subject line: “Bewerbung EULiST Koordination”) to Email: internationaloffice@zuv.uni-hannover.de

or by post to:

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover

International Office

Dr. Marcus Hoppe

“Bewerbung EULiST Koordination”

Welfengarten 1 A

30167 Hannover

For further information, please contact Dr. Marcus Hoppe (Tel.: +49 (0)511 762-3854; Email: marcus.hoppe@zuv.uni-hannover.de.

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