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6th and 8th of march

Fourth Meeting of the

General Assembly

9th and 10th of march

Second Meeting of the

General Assembly

5th and 6th of october

Third Meeting of the

General Assembly

6th and 7th of October

Project kick-off

meeting

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Ent-r-e-novators Team

E³UDRES² is committed to the further development of small and medium-sized cities and their rural surrounding areas into smart and sustainable regions.

E³UDRES² is a unique European university that is widely recognized for ground breaking approaches to challenge-based higher education, mission-oriented research, human-centered innovation as well as engaged knowledge exchange.

E³UDRES² provides a platform for collaborative innovation for multidirectional, cross disciplinary, cross-sectoral, cross-actor knowledge exchange.

E³UDRES² is exemplary as an engaged and entrepreneurial European university that responds to the social, environmental, and economic challenges of the 21st century and is committed to sustainable development goals.

E³UDRES² acts as a living laboratory for the society of the future in progressive European regions and connects research, innovation, education and service to the community (knowledge square).

E³UDRES² strengthens the diversity of European cultures and uses their manifold potentials to collaborate with transnational partners to develop sustainable solutions.

E³UDRES² contributes to a human-centered digital transformation that strengthens the overall quality of living.

E³UDRES² promotes creativity, creates space for experiments and demands agile management and flexible action to develop exciting ideas into sustainable products and smart services.

E³UDRES² is committed to excellence and strives for the highest quality in all areas of activity in order to promote, support and challenge motivated learners, employees and various partners in regional, European and global contexts.

E³UDRES² brings together smart individuals with different social, economic and cultural backgrounds to act at a regional level and adopts a European perspective at the same time.

E³UDRES², the Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions, is focusing on the following main topics:

• Co-Innovate Smart and Sustainable European Regions
• Co-Ideate a Future University
• Co-Create a European Multi-University Campus

E³UDRES² promotes the development of small and medium-sized cities and their rural environments into smart and sustainable regions and shapes a prosperous future with the best possible quality of life for a self-determined people in a progressive European society. E³UDRES² co-creates outstanding ideas and concepts for future universities, integrates challenge-based education, mission-oriented research, human centred innovation as well as open and engaged knowledge exchange as interrelated core areas and establishes an exemplary multi-university campus across Europe.

The E³UDRES² consortium consists of a unique combination of scientific universities and universities of applied sciences (UAS). The scientific universities’ role is to bring more Master and PhD programmes as well as framework programme level research projects to the consortium. The UAS, on the other hand, will promote regional development through their excellence in open innovation and modern pedagogical solutions. The E³UDRES² European University Alliance is comprised of nine institutions:

• St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences | Austria | Leader - https://www.fhstp.ac.at/de
• Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal | Portugal - https://www.ips.pt/ips_si/web_base.gera_pagina?P_pagina=29906
• Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Hungary - https://en.uni-mate.hu/
• UC Leuven-Limburg University of Applied Sciences | Belgium - https://www.ucll.be/nl
• Politehnica University Timișoara | Romania - https://www.upt.ro/
• Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA)| Latvia - https://va.lv/lv
• NEW: Saxion University of Applied Sciences The Netherlands - https://www.saxion.edu/
• NEW: Fulda University of Applied Sciences Germany - https://www.hs-fulda.de/en/home
• NEW: Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences | Finland - https://www.jamk.fi/en