Ulysseus sails to a new port: European Commission grants funding for another four years
Ulysseus European University enters phase two in which it will be more diverse and complementary, more plurilingual and multicultural and richer in Education, Science, and Innovation.
The European Commission announced that Ulysseus is one the European University Alliances selected for another 4 years of funding with a grant of 12,8 million euro. This news confirms that, from now onwards,Ulysseus has now 8 members universities and strengthens its 10-year plan. This new funding ensures the consolidation of programmes and structures designed during the first phase of the project.
The Alliance is now officially made up of a total of eight partner universities: the University of Seville (Spain), the University of Genoa (Italy), Université of Côte D’Azur (France), Technical University of Košice (Slovakia), MCI | The Entrepreneurial School® (Austria), Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), the University of Münster (Germany) and University of Montenegro (Montenegro). Hence, Ulysseus will be more diverse in history and size and will include all types of Higher Education Institutions.
In this regard, Ulysseus Alliance now has eight diverse Universities, solidly involved in the development of their regions and cities: five comprehensive Universities (University of Seville, Université Côte d’Azur, University of Genoa, University of Münster and University of Montenegro), one technical University (Technical University of Košice) and two Universities of Applied Sciences (MCI | The Entrepreneurial School® and Haaga-Helia).
This diversity of universities, countries and regions has helped to create a complementary, dynamic and versatile Alliance, which together along with 158 associated partners, develops an agile, sustainable and proactive Innovation Ecosystem. The aim of this ecosystem is to boost synergies between the four missions of Higher Education Institutions: education, research, innovation and service to society, to address UN, European, regional and local challenges.
Supported by Erasmus+ funding as part of the European Universities Initiative, Ulysseus will go beyond the European borders as the strategical objective in this new stage, so the Alliance will develop a networking expansion and settle three Ulysseus branches in non-European countries. In addition, Ulysseus, which will soon open enrolment for its first joint master’s degree, will continue to develop its double and joint academic offer in this new phase.