JEDI, the newest opportunity to explore a potential European label for joint programs in engineering

  The Joint European Degree Label in engineering (JEDI) is one of the projects from the Erasmus+ Programme, under the ERASMUS-EDU-2022-POL-EXP call for policy experimentation in higher education. It relies on the joint collaboration of 16 higher education institutions (HEI), spread out in 11 countries, to explore, during one-year, common criterion for a potential European…

EELISA position paper on Horizon Europe mid-term review

In the context of the public consultation launched by the European Commission on Horizon Europe some months ago, EELISA partners have taken the opportunity to evaluate the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and have produced the following joint position paper. The document represents the first effort from EELISA partners to jointly analyse as an…

“European Engineering Projectwork”, a course that brings engineering education to the next level

As an alliance of Higher Education Institutions encompassing many graduate engineering schools and technological universities, EELISA aims to develop a new EELISA European engineer profile. A compelling, implementable, and shared model that inspires the necessary transformations in the training processes to foster the new generation of professionals ready to address and contribute to the new…

Building bridges outside EELISA with External Stakeholders

  On Tuesday 16th of May, the EELISA External Stakeholder Meeting was held via Zoom, where Invited industry collegues joined EELISA members to discuss the improvement of international internships within the Alliance. During the event, seven globally recognised companies (such as Siemens, Airbus and LinkedIn) and associations (e.g. ARILOG) took the opportunity to engage in meaningful…

Enriching the academic experience with sustainability competences: an insight into the EELISA Community “SusCo”

EELISA Communities are at their best going through an increase of collaborations and joint activities towards their missions. But how is this exchange happening and impacting their members? Prof. Irene Martín Rubio, from the Department of Organizational Engineering, Business Administration and Statistics of the UPM School of Engineering and Industrial Design: Escuela Técnica Superior de…

From PHD to innovation!

PhD students discover potential for innovation in their research Not just a PhD project, but also a business idea? On the first EELISA PhD Innovation Day Doctoral students at FAU and EELISA partner universities had the possibility to discover how much potential there is in their own research topic. The full-day workshop was held by FAU’s…