SPARK Lab is a high-performance, four-day intensive workshop hosted by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Designed to bridge the gap between digital design and real-world implementation, the programme moves validated engineering concepts from the screen to the factory and workshop floor. During this onsite phase, students will combine hands-on engineering practice with the study…
This is not just a passive series of theoretical lectures. SPARK Core is an interactive, challenge-based learning experience. From day one, you will be placed into cross-border international teams working in a collaborative digital ecosystem. Together, you will solve engineering problems, share data, and co-design real components. You will learn to manage digital fatigue and team workload under professional Product Lifecycle…
Building a Lifestyle and Networking Campus (BALANCE) introduces the concept of sustainable performance and how it depends on the effective management of fundamental human resources. Just as engineering systems operate within defined physical and operational limits, students also function within physiological and cognitive boundaries that influence their ability to concentrate, collaborate and perform efficiently under…
SPARK, Sustainable Performance Training for Future Engineers: Integrating Wellbeing, Simulation and Collaborative Innovation is an international educational initiative jointly organized by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM, Spain), POLITEHNICA Bucharest (Romania), and Istanbul Technical University (Turkey). Open to students from all universities within the EELISA alliance, the program offers a unique opportunity to explore the intersection…
Did you know that Bertalan Lajos Street, stretching between the Danube riverbank and one of the main thoroughfares of Budapest’s District XI, forms a pedestrian-friendly axis connecting several of BME’s historic and contemporary campus buildings? This unique urban corridor sits at the intersection of university life and city life, linking academic spaces, public areas, and…
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Tilburg Law School invite applications for an international summer school on Corporate Accountability & Climate Justice in Nuremberg from 4-9 October 2026 (on-site only). The summer school is addressed to human rights practitioners and advanced students with prior knowledge of climate change law…
The international summer university ISUenergy provides advanced knowledge of renewable energies, in all relevant areas, from generation and distribution to control systems. Technology of renewable energy production is covered for Wind and Photovoltaic and Hydro Power, as well as energy storage systems and transmissions. System and market design includes concepts of smartgrid design and business…
Scuola Normale Superiore, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and Paris Sciences et Lettres are organising a workshop on sustainability in the age of polycrisis to strengthen the research and training capacities of young scholars, and to foster new collaborations among EELISA institutions for joint research and teaching initiatives. The workshop will feature interventions by scholars from the three organising institutions, but…
Sustainable development and climate protection are among the most pressing challenges of our time. In response, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, providing a global framework for action. At the European level, the commitment to building sustainable and resilient societies and economies has become a strategic priority, with the green…
The Sustainability Booster is a structured program designed to support the development and advancement of sustainable start-up initiatives. Whether participants already lead a sustainability-focused start-up, seek to test a new idea, or wish to contribute their skills to an existing project, the program provides a platform for meaningful engagement and collaboration. Participants will have the…