CIVIS - Europe's Civic University Alliance
The University of Tübingen has joined with ten other European institutions of higher education in the CIVIS – A European Civic University alliance. Together, the partners want to promote student exchange, develop joint teaching offers, open up opportunities for research and advance cooperation formats with actors in European civil society. In addition, they work closely with strategic partners in Africa. The alliance's aim is to address the major social challenges of the 21st century, to conduct the relevant research and to act responsibly and sustainably with an eye to the future.
News
The final conference of the SMARTT project for the development of a European degree label will take place on April 29, 2024. Registration for the livestream of the event titled "A blueprint for a European degree: Results of Erasmus+ pilots on the European degree label & a possible European legal status for alliances of higher education institutions" is open until April 22. Further details on the program and registration
European member universities
- Aix-Marseille University
- National Kapodistrian University of Athens
- University of Bucharest
- Université libre de Bruxelles
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Sapienza - University of Rome
- Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
- Stockholm University
- University of Glasgow
- University of Lausanne
- Profiles of all members
African partner universities
CIVIS not only aims to promote European cooperation, but also focuses on collaboration with partners in Africa and the Mediterranean. CIVIS has therefore entered into strategic partnerships with six universities in that region:
- Makerere University (Uganda)
- Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique)
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Senegal)
- Université de Sfax (Tunisia)
- Université Hassan II de Casablanca (Morocco)
- University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
Projects and funding
In order to achieve the objectives of the alliance, the CIVIS universities apply for joint projects. In particular, CIVIS universities receive additional funding under the European Commission's European Universities Initiative in the Erasmus+ program. These university-wide projects focus on the development of CIVIS as an alliance and the establishment of joint as well as local structures and processes. Among other things, these structures should facilitate the acquisition and realisation of specfic collaborative research and teaching projects. Contact: Anna Thorwart
Further information about the existing support for teaching staff and researchers