European Network of Innovative Higher Education Institutions
Acronym: ENIHEI
General Information
Identification Code: 649929051642-05
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Entity Form: Network without legal personality
Registration Category: Think tanks and research institutions
Registration Date: 10/19/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: This network of higher education institutions develops collective innovative thinking on how higher education can drive innovation.
The aims of ENIHEI are:
• To exchange knowledge, ideas and experiences on how higher education can promote an innovation culture, and enable creativity, entrepreneurship and talent.
• To develop ideas and offer recommendations on how to advance the innovation relevant actions.
• To support the European higher education system to be up to the challenge of establishing Europe as a global leader in the next wave of innovation
• To produce recommendations reports that can serve as a foundation for further works by the European Commission, EU Member States and other parties.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Education and training
- Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: ENIHEI's work focuses primarily on two EU policies:
- New European Innovation Agenda (NEIA)
- European strategy for universities
Communication Activities: Publication: ENIHEI Report: Ten recommendations and one note on innovation in European Higher Education (December 2022) https://education.ec.europa.eu/document/enihei-report-recommendations-on-innovation-in-european-higher-education
Conferences:
• I ENIHEI Conference at the University of Salamanca (Spain). September 2022. https://eventum.usal.es/go/enihei
• II ENIHEI Conference at the University of Primorska (Slovenia). March 2023. https://eventum.usal.es/go/enihei2
• III ENIHEI Conference at the Technical University of Gabrovo (Bulgaria). October 2023. https://eventum.usal.es/go/enihei3
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Patio de Escuelas, 1
Post Code: 37185
City: Salamanc
Country: SPAIN
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EU Office
Address: Patio de Escuelas, 1
Post Code: 37185
City: Salamanc
Country: SPAIN
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Financial Data
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Complementary Information: The member institution that becomes the Secretariat of the network assumes the expenses generated by the Secretariat and serves as the official address of ENIHEI during their tenure. The University of Salamanca was appointed in July 2022 as the first Secretariat of ENIHEI by the Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education, and Youth, at that moment, Mariya Gabriel.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 5
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 1
Members: 8
Members F T E: 2
Info Members: None of the participants receive remuneration from ENIHEI.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: The network is made up of higher education institutions designated by the European Commission for their outstanding performance in some area of the European innovation ecosystem. Twenty-eight of them were nominated by the governments of the Member States and the rest were appointed directly by the European Commission from among the members of the university alliances. The European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, at that moment Mariya Gabriel, announced the network at the first European Education and Innovation Summit, in June 2022. The members are:
The University of Applied Arts Vienna
University of Mons
UCLL University of Applied Sciences (BE-Fl)
Trakia University of Stara Zagora
Technical University of Sofia
Technical University of Gabrovo
University of Cyprus
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
RWTH Aachen University
Technical University of Munich
University College South Denmark (US SYD)
Technical University of Denmark
Tallin University
Democritus University of Thrace
University of Granada
Universidad de Salamanca
Kajaani University of Applied Sciences
Aalto University
University of Caen Normandy
Zagreb University of Applied Sciences
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Dublin City University
Trinity College Dublin
University of Brescia
Ca´Foscari University of Venice
Vilnius TECH University
University of Luxembourg
Riga Technical University
Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Delft University of Technology
Warsaw University
Universidade de Aveiro
Transilvania University of Brasov
Technical university Cluj Napoca
Malmö University
University of Primorska
Technical University of Kosice
Organisation Members: ENIHEI does not belong to other associations, (con)federations, networks or other organizations. Individually, ts members form part of university alliances, associations such as the European Universities Association (EUA) and their respective National Rectors' Conferences.