Discover the events bringing our Alliance to life

The CU.til Staff Development Festival brings together a series of interactive workshops designed to support university teachers, educational developers, and academic leaders in addressing key challenges and opportunities in higher education.

This Circle U. Open Conversation will bring together academics and civil society representatives to exchange perspectives on democratic participation, gender equality and socio-economic rights in contexts of protracted crisis. It will also explore how universities and civil society organisations can contribute through socially engaged research and cooperation.

Are you wondering if you should apply to Circle U.'s Seed Funding Call? Join our second online info session to find out more about the call.

Curious about how to create meaningful international learning experiences without students having to travel? Join our 1½-hour webinar on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and explore how virtual collaboration can enrich teaching and learning across borders.

To celebrate this year's Erasmus Days, join us for a special Info Session and Welcome Day: a friendly, no-fluff look at everything Circle U. has to offer PhDs and postdocs across our nine-university alliance.

As part of this year's Erasmus Days, Circle U. is pleased to invite all students to a special Info Session and Welcome Day, designed to help you discover everything the Circle U. European University Alliance has to offer, straight from the people who know it best: your fellow students.

Global health is facing profound change. From shifting funding models and geopolitical pressures to questions about the future of the WHO and the impact of AI on medical knowledge, the challenges are growing. Join experts as they share their perspectives on the future of global health, followed by an open discussion.

As part of the Open Access Week, Circle U. will gather experts from all over Europe to offer you an overview of current Open Science practices and initiatives across European universities. Join us online on 21 October from 9:30am to 1pm!

This 3-day hybrid workshop will bring together students, early career researchers, academics, and civil society organisations from diverse disciplines to explore academic censorship, the backlash against Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I), and the erosion of democratic values and evidence-based research.

The urban climate crisis demands concerted effort between public authorities and citizens to produce not only effective but also equitable solutions. Join this student-led Open Conversation about political, operational, and technical challenges that arise in such collaborations.

Are you an academic from one of the Circle U. universities looking to develop courses on the Open Campus of our alliance? Would you like to explore how to design such courses and find partners to co-create them? Join the Academic Matchmaking Event organised at Université Paris Cité from 18 to 20 November 2026, dedicated to the theme of Planetary Health. Academics from all disciplines -Humanities, Sciences, and Health - are invited to participate!

The CU.ecr, the community of practice focused on supporting early-career researchers, is coming together for a new event at UCLouvain dedicated to transdisciplinary research!

On 23-24 November 2026, the sixth edition of the Conference on Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development will be held at UCLouvain, in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

This 1.5-day intensive workshop is designed to transition our strategic roadmap into a discipline-specific reality, breaking down traditional institutional silos to create a unified "European campus". We are calling on academics and research services to join our dedicated Task Force to co-develop implementation plans, oversee the launch of thematic tracks like the "Planetary Health" pilot, and integrate high-impact activities. New date will be announced soon!