1 alliance, 11 universities, countless possibilities
Welcome to CIVIS, Europe’s Civic University Alliance
Aix-Marseille Université, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Bucharest, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Sapienza Università di Roma, Stockholms Universitet and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen are joining forces to build a European University alliance under the name of CIVIS.
In December 2020, the European Commission approved the request to integrate the University of Glasgow into the CIVIS alliance of universities, as an associate partner, and in October 2021, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS) becomes the tenth member of our Alliance, and the first Austrian University in our European family.
For CIVIS, the addition of the PLUS will bring expertise in – amongst others – digital humanities, life sciences and international networking and will add a second member from German-speaking Europe.
On 1 October 2022, CIVIS formally welcomes the University of Lausanne, taking our Alliance to 11 European members and adding Switzerland to the list of countries with a CIVIS member university.
Thereby, CIVIS is now a university community of around half a million students, 70.000 members of staff (including over 37.400 academics and researchers) whose expertise, insights and shared values will not only strengthen CIVIS’s role in shaping the future of Higher Education but tackle, hands-on, pivotal societal challenges.
- CIVIS is a transnational collaboration of civic universities, which will bring together around half a million students and 70.000 staff members, fostering multilingualism and European cultural diversity.
- CIVIS is committed to implementing to the largest extent possible the principles of the Bologna process, in order to be part of the European Education Area construction. The vision is a European Civic University as a space for innovative and responsible teaching, research, cultural exchanges and citizen action within Europe from the Baltic to the Mediterranean Sea, while engaging with the world, its inhabitants and its institutions.
- CIVIS will reinforce the links existing between the 8 universities through complementary expertise, shared research infrastructures and incentive funding for joint projects.
- CIVIS faces major global challenges and aims at being a vector of change and innovation with the following priorities:
- Health
- Cities, Territories and Mobility
- Climate, Environment, Energy
- Digital and Technological Transformations
- Society, Cultures and European Heritage
- Mediterranean and African regions will also be at the core of CIVIS global strategy.
- The involvement of each university will strengthen access to quality education and create real chances for success to all students.
- Excellence in research will be a key asset for contributing to research-based training and innovative activities.
- All the stakeholders involved in the life of the 11 universities will contribute to the definition of the alliance’s orientations and activities: students, academics, researchers, administrative staff, non-academic partners, etc.
- CIVIS will evolve over the next decade in three phases ensuring participative inputs during the entire process, so that CIVIS – European University alliance may become a reality.
CIVIS NEWS
The UB community, invited to the final event aiming to disseminate the results of European projects dedicated to European degrees and legal entities for the new European Universities
Events, International, CIVIS – The European Civic University, UB NewsPostări asemănătoare: Research and collaboration projects with universities from Africa, financed by CIVIS. The UB academic community is invited to apply The 2021 edition of Local CIVIS Days Bucharest reached its final after a week...
UB students interested in health, cities, territories and mobilities, invited by CIVIS to register for 4 BIPs on these themes
International, UB Student, Calls, CIVIS – The European Civic University, UB NewsPostări asemănătoare: UB students interested in topics such as environment, climate and energy, invited by CIVIS to register by October 31, 2023 at one of the BIPs organised on these subjects Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs) CIVIS...
Breast cancer awareness event organized by the UB Faculty of Law within a CIVIS Blended Intensive Program
Events, International, UB Student, CIVIS – The European Civic University, Announcements, UB NewsPostări asemănătoare: CIVIS invites BA and MA Students in Law to the blended intensive programme “European private law and modern technologies” BA, MA and PhD students, invited to apply for the blended intensive programme (BIP)...
The University of Bucharest, strategic role in defining the future European university degrees
Press Releases, International, UB Student, Sustainability, CIVIS – The European Civic University, Announcements, UB NewsPostări asemănătoare: The University of Bucharest, the only Comprehensive University in Romania Involved in Defining Future European Diplomas The “Design of European degrees – Building flexible pathways beyond academic cycles” European...
The Rare Diseases Institute of Aix-Marseille University, unique opportunity in the field of genetics for PhD students. Master’s students or UB researchers are also invited to apply
Research, International, UB Student, CIVIS – The European Civic University, UB NewsPostări asemănătoare: Rare diseases and cross-cutting trainings within the PhD Programme 2023 of the Institute MarMaRa – Aix-Marseille University UB Students, invited to apply at “Nanosciences et nanotechnologies“ MBA scholarship...
CIVIS advocates for clear conceptualisation and criteria for a Joint European Degree
International, CIVIS – The European Civic University, UB NewsPostări asemănătoare: SMARTT recommends exploring a new funding model and ensuring the connection with the labor market in the making of a European Degree Label CIVIS, the European Civic University Alliance, selected as a pilot project...
