Una Europa - Building the European University of the Future

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Building on the achievements of Una Europa’s flagship projects 1Europe and Una.Resin, this project follows a holistic approach and takes the next steps towards the alliance’s ambition of developing into a truly integrated European University of the Future. At the core of this project, the European Campus, we will integrate our education, research and innovation and outreach activities and take them to the next level. Together with our academic community, we will co-develop a long-term strategy for academic collaboration in Una Europa, with the creation of hubs for interdisciplinary challenge-based research and education at the centre. We will focus on six interdisciplinary research areas, Future Materials, OneHealth, Cultural Heritage, Sustainability, Europe and the World and Data Science & Artificial Intelligence. Crucially, we will pay particular attention to supporting our early career researchers and increasing public awareness of science. We will follow the Una Europa guiding pedagogical principles of high-quality international, multilingual, multidisciplinary and research-based education that is developed in meaningful collaboration with non-academic partners. This will ensure that our students will be truly European graduates, equipped with the knowledge, skills and competences needed to play an important role in society and tackle future global challenges. Developing broad mobility pathways for students is the utmost priority of Una Europa with a focus on accessible, inclusive and sustainable physical, blended and virtual mobility. We will further invest in empowering, recognising and rewarding our student and staff community and create more opportunities for bottom-up engagement. A successful European University must be open to the world and constantly reinvent itself, reflecting not only on current problems but also on future fundamental challenges. For this, we will continue to build our Future UniLab as a reflective, creative and inclusive space.