European University Alliance Granted Funding

5 Million Euros to Strengthen Cooperation between Seven Leading Universities in Europe. No 195/2019 from Jun 26, 2019 An alliance of seven leading European universities has secured funding from the European Commission to deepen partnerships and promote exchange between the group's members. In addition to Freie Universität, the alliance includes Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, University of Edinburgh, Uniwersytet Jagiello'ski w Krakowie, KU Leuven, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Seventeen out of the 54 consortia that applied for the Erasmus+ pilot call for "European Universities" have been approved for funding. Each will receive up to five million euros over the next three years, the European Commission reported. The selected university networks will be able to use the EU funding to improve higher education in Europe and support collaborative exchange between students, staff, and their different institutions. University President Günter M. Ziegler was overjoyed by the European Commission's decision.