CIVIS enables new forms of cooperation in teaching as well as in research – across national and disciplinary borders. In the course of calls for proposals, scientists can apply for funding for projects and activities. The general criterion is that teachers or researchers from at least three CIVIS universities join forces.
Current offers and news
Blended Intensive Programmes: Call for applications
Virtual sessions and five days of physical mobility, taught by partners from at least three EU CIVIS members for students from the entire alliance - for more information and to apply to design a BIP, see the dedicated BIP webpage! The application deadline is May 31st.
Innovative Pedagogies
Interested in Innovative Pedagogies? The CIVIS workshop series aims to share expertise in higher education teaching and learning and is open to academics from all fields of expertise. Find out more and register! Innovative Pedagogies workshops
CIVIS Hubs
Academic cooperation is concentrated and organized in five CIVIS Hubs. The hubs are interdisciplinary thematic fields in which central challenges of our time are to be addressed through collaboration in teaching and research.
The five hubs and the respective contact persons for these topics and the University of Tübingen:
- Hub 1 Climate, Environment and Energy: Prof. Christiane Zarfl and Jun.-Prof. Reinhard Drews
Further information on Hub 1 - Hub 2 Society, Culture, Heritage: Prof. Dorothee Kimmich und Prof. Thomas Thiemeyer
Further information on Hub 2 - Hub 3 Health: Prof. Bernhard Hirt und Prof. Stephan Zipfel
Further information on Hub 3 - Hub 4 Cities, Spaces and Mobilities: Dr. Rolf Frankenberger and Prof. Olaf Kühne
Further information on Hub 4 - Hub 5 Digital and Technological Transformation: Prof. Regina Ammich Quinn und Prof. Michèle Finck
Further information on Hub 5
Joint teaching
Support for collaborative courses and degree programs
The CIVIS alliance facilitates and promotes the development of joint teaching offers from single courses like the Blended Intensive Programmes to full degree programs. The team in the "planning and development of degree programs" section at the University of Tübingen advises teaching staff who want to test new concepts in teaching and learning or develop new program concepts. Contact Dr. Christian Zettl for more information.
In the International Office Lars Banzhaf anwers your questions about stays at the partner universities in the context of teaching cooperations,
Didactic support
Courses offered within CIVIS face special didactic challenges: They are designed together with teachers from other universities, they are aimed at international students, and they are often conducted in virtual or blended learning formats. Manuel Halseband from the University's Center for Teaching and Learning can advise you with regard to these aspects.
CIVIS places a focus on social engagement. This is also to be reflected in teaching, in which academic learning and social engagement are specifically combined. The Transdisciplinary Course Programme (TRACS) team provides advice on the design and implementation of service-learning courses and offers further information. Contact person: Dr. Iris Nikolopoulos, civic-engagement@tracs.uni-tuebingen.de
IT support
When collaborating across borders and developing concepts for joint teaching and research, questions also arise with regard to IT structures and digital processes. Lea Bey can assist you in these matters, especially with regard to BIPs and micro-programmes. She is also available as a contact person for other concerns regarding digital collaboration.
Joint research
Summer schools and workshops
The University of Tübingen supports summer schools or workshops for the exchange of researchers within the CIVIS Alliance in existing or planned collaborations. The aim is to intensify cooperation and launch new projects. Details on the funding offer
Collaboration of professors
As part of the Excellence Strategy, the exchange of professors within the CIVIS Alliance is funded. The long-term goal of this collaboration should be to initiate joint international third-party funded projects. Further informationen on funding
Networking in research and teaching
CIVIS Network-Building Activities
Academics interested in collaborating for the exchange of best practices, thematic workshops or disciplinary meetings can organize joint online activities and receive operational support for doing so.
Cooperation with African partner universities
Strategic partnerships
Cooperation with partners in Africa and the Mediterranean is a distinctive feature of CIVIS as a European university alliance and a central component of the CIVIS agenda. Six universities in this region are strategic partners of CIVIS. CIVIS cooperates with them in all academic areas (teaching, research, transfer) and at all levels: For example, the African partners are represented in the CIVIS hubs and in the Steering Committee, participate in CIVIS calls, and collaborate with CIVIS members in joint, third-party funded projects.
Funding opportunities
CIVIS aims to support mobility between alliance members and its partner universities in Africa. It offers funding for visits between partners to enable research-oriented, challenge-based educational activities or postgraduate and staff training. Call details