The UJI brings together the eight universities of the European Digital UniverCity Consortium (EDUC) to set the strategy for the consolidation of the alliance



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## The UJI brings together the eight universities of the European Digital UniverCity Consortium (EDUC) to set the strategy for the consolidation of the alliance

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Representatives of all the partner universities of the European Digital UniverCity Consortium (EDUC), an alliance of eight European universities coordinated by the University of Potsdam and funded by the European Union with 12.8 million euros for the period 2023-2026, will meet on 19 and 20 January at the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló. This will be the first transnational meeting of the project in the new phase of consolidation of the alliance after the incorporation of the University of Southeast Norway and the UJI. The aim of this meeting is to set the strategy for the consolidation of the alliance to face global challenges and move towards a new model of European universities.

The meeting of the steering committee started with an institutional welcome by the Rector of the UJI, Eva Alcón, who highlighted the potential of this alliance to accelerate digitalisation in teaching and research, as it will provide members of the University with a simple way to study and to collaborate academically across national borders. "EDUC represents a strategic partnership between universities from different countries to respond in a solid and forward-looking way to the great social challenges of Europe," said the Rector. "This is the most ambitious internationalisation strategy that we have deployed so far at the UJI and, without a doubt, it will allow us to strengthen the European outlook of our university, where we understand Europe as the natural space for work and university relations", she added.

The Vice-President of International Affairs of the University of Potsdam, Florian Schweigert, stressed the importance of this alliance being based on close cooperation in order to face the multiple challenges of today's society and universities. "We are starting this second phase marked by sustainability with the challenge of promoting changes in all areas of universities, especially in digitalisation and Europeanisation", he said.

This was followed by parallel sessions involving vice-rectors/vice-presidents for teaching and studies and for education and international affairs, as well as student representatives from the partner universities. They analysed the pilot phase of the consortium and addressed the strategic lines for the coming years, with the aim of creating innovative synergies and building multiple bridges between the various education systems and regions.

**European Digital UniverCity Consortium (EDUC)**  
EDUC is one of the 17 pilot university partnerships funded by the EU since 2019 that will receive funding from the European Commission for another four years for an amount of €12.8 million.

Initially formed by the University of Potsdam in Germany, the Università degli Studi di Cagliari in Italy, the University of Masaryk in the Czech Republic, the University of Pécs in Hungary and the universities of Nanterre and Rennes in France, EDUC expanded the partnership in 2022 to include the South-Eastern-Norway University and the Universitat Jaume I. This has brought it to a significant size, with eight partners from seven European countries, representing a community of 200,000 students, 17,500 teaching and research staff and 13,500 administrative and service staff.

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[Official kick-off of the second phase of European Digital UniverCity (EDUC) -vídeo-](https://youtu.be/K5E-PG1zT2A) | [Short video of the meeting (90 seconds)](https://youtu.be/T2SvPOkVNqg)

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