University Network for Innovation, Technology
and Engineering
What is Unite?
Unite! is an alliance of nine leading European universities, united by a shared vision to promote innovation, sustainability, and cross-border collaboration in research, technology, and education. Unite! works with the support of the European Commission to help build the future European Higher Education Area, funded through the Erasmus+ programme.
UPC has been part of this alliance since its inception, creating a unique initiative that empowers students, staff, faculty, and industry professionals to drive change and tackle global challenges. Through joint efforts, we offer a dynamic platform for international exchange, co-creation, and lifelong learning, with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and academic excellence.
Through Unite!, all member universities collaborate to design and consolidate a new model of European university that delivers high-quality education and research focused on today’s major social and technological challenges. The communities of the nine universities develop and take part in projects and activities aimed at implementing future European degrees or creating, among other initiatives, a European Doctoral School around strategic areas for the alliance and for Europe, such as sustainable energy, artificial intelligence, Industry 4.0, entrepreneurship, cybersecurity, space, urban sustainability, water, energy, and bioengineering.
Unite! also connects different European regions through an academic and research perspective that strengthens innovation and knowledge transfer within a multicultural, multilingual, digital, and green framework.
Unite! is your gateway to a future where knowledge transcends borders and collaboration delivers impactful solutions.
Visit the alliance website and discover all it has to offer.
Sustainable Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0, Entrepreneurship, Biological Engineering, Sustainability, Space, Cybersecurity.
The alliance works collaboratively through work groups made up of people from all the member universities.
Catalogue for students Catalogue
The Unite! universities collaborate to offer innovative, sustainable, and international higher education. This catalogue gathers the academic opportunities that Unite! offers students: courses, programmes, mobility options, and joint activities designed to broaden horizons, share knowledge, and be part of a diverse and connected European university community.
Trainings for Faculty&Staff
Unite! provides shared learning and professional development opportunities in a European, multilingual, and dynamic environment for academic and administrative staff. This catalogue presents training courses, workshops, and programmes aimed at teaching, research, and administrative staff, with a focus on innovation, internationalisation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
"Within the Unite! alliance, the UPC actively contributes to designing and implementing new challenge-based learning models and developing digital, hybrid and face-to-face environments. These new environments make it easier for students, academics and researchers to access international teaching and research programmes.
At the UPC, about 50 members make up the team of administrative staff, academic staff, researchers and students who are part of the community working on the alliance's projects in coordination with members of their partner universities.
| Name | Rol in Unite! | |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Jesús Pérez , Deputy for International Policy Support | Key Liaison Officer (KLO) | juan.jesus.perez@upc.edu |
| Helena Martínez , Head of the International Relations Office | Deputy KLO | helena.martinez@upc.edu |
| Jesus Alcober , Researcher and Professor | Rector’s Delegate for the Unite! Digital Campus | jesus.alcober@upc.edu |
| Elisabet Arnó , Deputy Director of EPSEVG | Coordinadora Cm9- Strategic Outreach, Impact and Dissemination | elisabet.arno@upc.edu |
| Encar Mulero , Administrative and Services Staff (PTGAS) | Unite! Communication Coordinator | encar.mulero@upc.edu |
| Alba Forés , Administrative and Services Staff (PTGAS) | Unite! Communication Officer | alba.fores@upc.edu |
| Pol Sabaté , Administrative and Services Staff (PTGAS) | Student Liaison Officer (SLO) | pol.sabate.sanantonio@upc.edu |
| Xavier Molins , Administrative and Services Staff (PTGAS) | Project manager | xavier.molins@upc.edu |
The alliance works collaboratively with people from the university communities who want to join one of its projects. In their areas of expertise, the UPC's administrative staff, academic staff, researchers and students can join any of the work groups and thus become part of the Unite! development community.
If you are a member of the UPC's administrative, academic or research staff and wish to join the initiative, write to:
If you are a UPC student and wish to join the team of students involved in the alliance, write to:
The European Commission proposed the European Universities initiative in 2019 to promote the establishment of a European Education Area for 2025. European universities are transnational institutions of higher education across the EU that share a long-term strategy and promote European values and identity. The initiative is designed to substantially strengthen student and staff mobility, thus fostering the quality, inclusion and competitiveness of European higher education.
In response to a 2019 Erasmus+ call for applications , the first 17 associations were selected for a three-year pilot stage in which to build the foundations of future European universities. In the 2020 call, 24 more followed, as well as additional funding from the EU in the framework of the Horizon 2020 "Science with and for Society" call , to push the research and innovation dimension of European universities towards a European research area . In 2022, Unite! was again selected for the second call of the Erasmus + programme.
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