Présentation et objectifs

Empowering students to shape Europe’s future

We believe that universities in cities in post-industrial transition are uniquely positioned to deal with Europe’s challenges and opportunities, as innovative skills and scientific expertise are in high demand.

The “UNIC Way” is collaboration and co-creation, not only to learn from each other but also to shape new structures and models of practice, tailored to the needs of our students, staff, cities, and civil society. Through this, we pave the way towards an open, systemic and self-sustaining European University.

UNIC programs and initiatives

"UNIC BUILDS OUTWARDS FROM ITS STUDENTS". UNIC is a complex, multi-threaded project that brings together 10 universities, 7 thematic lines, 3 specialized Centres, 2 joint master programmes, and an evolving repository of best practices, engaged research projects, and vital event programming.

Students are our co-producers of knowledge, lifelong learners, change agents, and active global citizens. They run the UNIC Student Learner’s Forum, which roots UNIC’s work in student experiences across Europe.

UNIC builds institutional convergence by taking a creative and entrepreneurial approach to integrating the strengths of our 10 universities.

Joint Masters

Our two special Joint Master’s Programmes, are offered across eight UNIC campuses and connect to UNIC’s core themes of post-industrial
transitions and superdiversity:
- Redesigning the Post-industrial City (RePIC)
- Superdiversity in Education, Organisations, and Diversity (SEOS).

Thematic Lines

Across our ten universities, UNIC has built a set of interlocking collaborative structure, a virtual UNIC Campus, that integrates our vibrant, diverse
community through programs, projects, and initiatives. These include seven cross-cutting Thematic Lines, providing content and communities
for UNIC’s innovation in education, engagement and cooperation capacities:

• Superdiversity
• Sustainability and Green Cities
• Urban Resilience and Smart Cities
• Justice, Security and Institutions
• Entrepreneurial Learning for Innovation
• Health and Wellbeing
• Arts, Culture and Creativity

Centres

UNIC’s three core “Centres” create sites of co-creation:

UNIC Teaching and Learning Centre
A space to develop new ways of innovative learning and teaching, from Blended Intensive Programmes to pedagogical transformation.

UNIC Centre for City Futures
A “one-stop-shop” for universities to engage with cities and communities for transformative innovation.

UNIC Capacity Building Centre
Creating the structural and cultural conditions for UNIC educational innovation, impact and inclusion.