The European Commission calls them a “key milestone” for achieving the European Education Area.
Around six projects, originally outlined in the European University Strategy 2022, will explore, test and facilitate the delivery of a common European degree.
The designation of the European degree means a an additional certificate for the qualification of students completing joint programs, issued as part of transnational cooperation between several universities based on a common set of co-created European criteria,” the European Commission described.
ED-AFFICHE, a joint proposal of six European university alliances – including Una Europa, 4EU+, CHARM-EU, EC2U, EU-CONEXUS and Unite! – was selected in a call for proposals for a pilot project.
“Project […] means a new level of cooperation between universities in Europe”
“The project focused on the subject of the European Degree label, in which Charles University represents 4EU+, means a new level of cooperation between universities in Europe,” said Charles University Rector Milena Králíčková.
“Primarily, it will lead to simplification of accreditation processes and new high-quality joint degrees. I am firmly convinced that this will bring a lot of new advantages for 4EU+ students,” Králíčková added.
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The next four projects will enable university alliances to test new forms of cooperation, such as their possible European legal status.
The European Commission said that the aim of such a legal status is to give university alliances – “on a voluntary basis” – the space to “act together, make joint strategic decisions and experiment with joint recruitment.
“[It also allows them] design common curricula or pool resources and human, technical, data, educational, research and innovation capacities,” the Commission said in a statement.
