European Consortium of Innovative Universities
Acronym: ECIU
General Information
Identification Code: 526221434040-38
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Entity Form: Foundation under Dutch law
Registration Category: Academic institutions
Registration Date: 2/21/2019
Last Update: 2/12/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: ECIU is the leading international consortium of research intensive universities with collective emphasis on innovation, creativity and societal impact, driving the development of a knowledge-based economy.
ECIU stands for strong commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship, to drive the regional development and innovation agenda. Excellence of research and unconventional forms of teaching and learning.
ECIU is a closely network of universities, with internationally minded staff and students, founded in 1997.
The ECIU University is the first European University where learners, teachers and researchers cooperate with cities and businesses to solve real-life challenges. The ECIU SMART-ER Virtual Research Institute on Smart European Regions is a framework for joint research, enabling all ECIU members to work together on the topics related to SDG 11.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Budget
- Business and industry
- Education and training
- Institutional affairs
- Regional policy
- Research and innovation
- Trans-European Networks
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- global
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Education policies, Erasmus+ programme, the European Universities' Initiative, innovation in education, U-Multirank, micro-credentials, the concept of European learning paths. The ECIU University project with the participation of all members is a funded project under the pilot call European Universities of DG EAC.
Research policies, Horizon 2020 programme, Horizon Europe, the European Innovation Council, innovative ecosystems.
Regional policies. The role of universities in the regional ecosystem, the development of smart regions.
Innovation policies, the role of universities when it comes to innovation. Start-ups.
Communication Activities: Presentation of policy papers, e.g. about Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, European Alliances.
Coordination of the Informal Group of Coordinators of European Allianes.
European Research and Innovation Policies
Education Innovation through digital transformation and micro-credentials
Smart Regions
Active participation in expert meetings and consultative meetings organised by the European Parliament, European Commission, Commitee of the Regions and relevant European stakeholders.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Universities for ERA#E03833/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103812 #OBSERVER #C#Academia/Research
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: ECIU Secretariatc/o University of Twente
Post Code: 7500 AE
City: Enschede
Country: NETHERLANDS
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EU Office
Address: Rue du Luxembourg 3
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: The other income, 603000 is coming from members' contributions.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 4
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 11
Members F T E: 9
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.eciu.org/
Members of the ECIU are: Aalborg University, Denmark. Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Dublin City University, Ireland. Hamburg University of Technology, Germany. Linköping University, Sweden. Lodz University of Technology, Poland. Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. University of Stavanger, Norway. University of Trento, Italy. Tampere University, Finland. University of Twente, the Netherlands. INSA Group, France. Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico.
Organisation Members: none