Aarhus University participates in a number of international alliances and networks dedicated to education, research and collaboration and thereby adding value and contributing to Aarhus University reaching its full potential.
In November 2018, Aarhus University entered into an alliance with a number of research-intensive universities under the aegis of the European Universities initiative. The alliance is called Circle U, and its primary goal is to create more international study opportunities, increase global awareness and improve mobility among the students of the member universities. Members in addition to Aarhus University are:
Based on an idea formed by Prime Minister of France, Emmanuel Macron, the EU-Commission has encouraged the creation of the ‘European Universities’, consisting of a bottom-up network of European universities that will allow students to earn degrees by combining studies in several EU countries and contribute to the international competitiveness of European universities.
These networks are to develop a long-term common strategy for education, as well as for innovation and research if possible. They must also be founded on an understanding of a common campus that imposes no barriers on student and employee mobility. The European Universities will be beacons of excellence and drivers of the attractiveness and competitiveness of European education.
Founded in 2016, the Guild comprises nineteen of Europe’s most distinguished research-intensive universities in fourteen countries, and is dedicated to enhancing the voice of academic institutions, their researchers and their students. The Guild is committed to the pursuit of excellence, the importance of truth-seeking and trust-building as the foundation of public life, and the creation of new knowledge for the benefit of society, culture, and economic growth.
Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is an association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities of high international standard.
The Coimbra Group is committed to creating special academic and cultural ties in order to promote, for the benefit of its members, internationalisation, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society.
It is also the purpose of the Group to influence European educational policy and to develop best practice through mutual exchange of experience.
Coimbra Group universities are among our top partners in Europe when it comes to incoming and outgoing student mobility at Aarhus University.
The Utrecht Network is a representative European-wide network of universities cooperating in the area of internationalisation. The group is particularly committed to such areas as student and staff mobility, summer schools, the internationalisation of curricula, joint curricula and double/joint degrees.
The Utrecht Network represents 31 European universities in 26 countries, co-operating in the area of internationalisation in the broadest sense of the word.
The European University Association (EUA) represents and supports higher education institutions in 46 countries. Members of the Association are European universities involved in teaching and research, national associations of rectors and other organizations active in higher education and research.
EUA provides members with a forum to cooperate and keep abreast of the latest trends in higher education and research policies. The Association’s mandate in the Bologna process, contribution to EU research policy-making and relations with intergovernmental organizations, European institutions and international associations, ensure its capacity to debate issues which are crucial for universities in relation to higher education, research and innovation.
