• UNIC

    European University

    An alliance of ten universities educating through teaching, research and community engagement, towards inclusive societies.

  • UNIC Joint Master Programmes

    Be part of the future of European higher education - learn more about RePIC and SEOS, UNIC's path-breaking joint master's programmes.

  • Hybrid Campus

    Explore our state-of-the-art Blended Intensive Programs, initiatives towards virtual and physical mobility, and UNIC joint degrees.

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    UNIC Centre for City Futures

    Our “One-stop-shop” for universities to engage with cities and communities for transformative innovation

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    Seed Fund Initiative

    Supporting collaborative "Engaged Research" initiatives across our partner universities, sparking new ideas for tackling societal challenges in post-industrial cities

The University of the Future

UNIC, pronounced “unique”, is short for The European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition. We are an alliance of ten universities rooted in ten specific post-industrial urban ecosystems, dedicated to unlocking new models of European learning, working and researching that will shape the future of higher education.

  • UNIC has secured continued funding in the 2023 Erasmus+ Call

    With 10 Alliance partners, an expanded commitment to the university of the future, and support from the European Commission (EC) for the next four years, the European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition (UNIC) is ready to kickstart its second phase in October 2023.

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  • Call for Nominations: Awards at the 2025 UNIC Thematic Conference

    We are delighted to announce the initial UNIC Best Paper Awards and UNIC CityLabs Thematic Lines Award, to be presented at the 1st UNIC Thematic Conference, which will be held from 7-9 May 2025 at Malmö University.


    These awards recognize outstanding papers that align with UNIC's mission to foster resilience and renewal in Europe’s post-industrial urban centers, and outstanding CityLab initiatives that apply innovative and impactful methodologies to address societal challenges in Europe’s post-industrial cities. These awards are open exclusively to academics and graduate students affiliated with ten UNIC partner universities.


    Applications and nominations are now open for both awards. Click through to learn more!

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  • Presenting: the UNIC Virtual Mobility Declaration

    Virtual mobility represents an innovative leap in higher education by expanding internationalization opportunities, transcending geographical constraints, and fostering inclusive, sustainable, and technology- driven learning experiences. UNIC is dedicated to advancing virtual mobility, and this new declaration takes the first bold step.

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  • Introducing: UNIC InterTeach

    InterTeach - Intercultural and Innovative Teaching and Learning - is UNIC’s new professional development programme for university teachers. With the aim of helping and inspiring university teachers to design innovative teaching and learning settings, the initiative has just unveiled a rich and diverse program of workshops for 2025. All workshops are organised for an international audience, interactive, online and in English. Interested teachers can register for one workshop or many, just as they wish. Participants will get a ‘proof of attendance’ after completion of any single workshop.

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  • Semiha Denktaş appointed as UNIC’s new Alliance Coordinator

    Prof.dr. Semiha Denktaş has been appointed as UNIC’s new Alliance Coordinator by the Executive Board of Erasmus University Rotterdam. She will take from founding coordinator Prof.dr. Peter Scholten, who is stepping down after a transformative run steering UNIC from the kernel of an idea to a flourishing pan-European alliance since 2018. After a short transition process, Prof. Scholten will hand over the baton to Prof. Denktaş on August 28, 2024. Professor Scholten will be stepping down after a transformative six-year run at the heart of UNIC, all the way from the alliance’s earliest concept meetings in 2018 and its founding in 2020 to its new phase in 2023. He was a key, pioneering force in forging UNIC’s identity, central to its emergence and journey towards building the European University of the future.

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  • Open Call: UNIC Fund for Virtual and International Educational Projects!

    The fund supports virtual international educational activities across UNIC university partners and incentivizes faculty members at UNIC universities to include virtual collaborative international educational activities such as Virtual Exchanges into the regular curriculum. Initiatives may bring their courses together for a first-time collaboration and new activity, or they may consolidate, deepen or transfer an existing engagement. The call is open to all staff members of all ten UNIC universities (part- and full-time professors, educators, lecturers etc.) involved in teaching. All faculties, topics and disciplines are welcome.


    Deadline for Submission: 16th of December 2024 (23:59 local time)

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News:

seos

Lecture #4 | Superdiversity in Education, Organisations and Society (S...

Dr. Anna Santucci (UCC) on advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in Higher Educa...

26 Jan 2025

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citylabs

Sustainability Insights: UNIC CityLabs Study Trip to UCC Ireland!

Under the framework of the UNIC University Alliance and the van de Beek fund, Erasmus Universi...

06 Jan 2025

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publications

New Book: The Reimagining of Urban Spaces

The Reimagining of Urban Spaces: A Journey Through Post-Industrial Cityscapes was published by...

06 Jan 2025

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Events:

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Workshop: Education for Sustainable Development in Practice

Explore the fundamental concepts of Education for Sustainable Development, exchange best-pract...

09 Apr 2025 - 09 Apr 2025

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Students as Career Partners: A Best Practice and Discussion Forum

Organised by the UNIC Network of Careers Professionals and hosted by Koç University Career De...

31 Jan 2025 - 31 Jan 2025

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UNIC online workshop: Implementing Double and Joint Degrees - open for...

Learn more about different models of joint programmes and receive pratical input on how to pla...

10 Mar 2025 - 10 Mar 2025

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