European University of Technology

WP 3 : Common curricula
spanning Europe

Pre kick-off meeting – round 1

Timothée Toury, EUt+ Initiative Principal coordinator

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What is
EUt+ ?
Part B – European Universities

Knowledge Alliances
Erasmus+
Two types of cooperation projects can be supported under this action:

Not just a bid

European Universities
Knowledge Alliances Programme Guide
to a project EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES
call. Heads of states and governments called in the European Council Conclusions of December
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on the Member
States, the Council and the European Commission to take work forward in encouraging the emergence by of some
twenty European Universities , consisting in bottom-up networks of universities across the EU which will enable students to
obtain a degree by combining studies in several EU countries and contribute to the international competitiveness of
European universities .
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The Education Council Conclusions of May further stressed the potential of European Universities to
significantly enhance mobility and foster high quality and excellence in education and research, by strengthening the link
between teaching, research and innovation and knowledge transfer, by demonstrating the benefits of multilingual learning,
the recognition of qualifications and by developing joint education and research programmes and projects. They also
highlighted that the European Universities could play a flagship role in the creation of a European Education Area as a
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whole .

To achieve this objective, the European Commission proposes an unparalleled initiative which requires a quantum leap in
cooperation between all types of higher education institutions from all regions in Europe and at all levels of the
organisation, across all areas of activity, from teaching and learning to research and innovation.
What is
EUt+ ?

Not a label.

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What is
EUt+ ?

It is a vision.

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 Hypothesis: evolution of legislative
and regulatory framework
Experimental Integrated
What is
EUt+ alliance confederation confederation Federation

EU initiative EUt+
EUt+ ? 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035

Common activities, Federation setup

Delegation of governance,
increasing integration, Delegation of activities, Delegation of governance,
delegation of strategic
coordination of coordination of relative to legal framework
activities, articulation of
management, strategy strategies
strategies
harmonization
Federation
It is a MoU Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act

roadmap

permanent members,
permanent members
permanent members
permanent members

Excecutive boards,
Excecutive boards,

Excecutive boards,
Excecutive boards,
Excecutive boards

the confederation

of confederation
really

the Federation

the Federation
Strenghtening
Establishing
the process
Launching

ambitious.

Creating
Building

states
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What is
EUt+ ?

It is an initiative, an ambition,
an experimentation, a challenge,
an opportunity to build Europe.

It is therefore a great responsibility.

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This is based on a foundation of core values.

➜ Complete integration, on the most ambitious road possible.

➜ Involvement of all parties, all stakeholders, fully inclusive.
➜ Redefining a humanistic technology
➜ Redefining the university as an original societal actor
➜ Maximum mobility, multilingual, towards European diplomas
➜ An alternative vision fully endorsed.
 0 12 W a . The application fails to address the criterion or
address the question asked, or gives ver little relevant infor

13 17 Fa . The application broadl addresses the criterion,

are several areas where detail is lacking or the information is
…for concrete objectives and actions
18 21 G d. The application addresses the criterion well, a
➜ European curricula and degrees
on all or nearl all of the evidence needed.
➜ Student centered learning
➜ European research institutes and22
laboratories
25 V d. Tthe application addresses all relevant a
➜ A global quality process
the information and evidence needed and there are no conc
➜ A focus on academic freedom and integrity
Criterion 1 - Relevance of the proposal

Score: 24.00 (Threshold: 13/25.00 , Weight: -)

Level of ambition: extent to which the proposal aims to a
potential to transform and enhance institutionalised coope
mentioned above and the relevant European Council concl
Relevance of the joint long-term mission statement subm
endorsed by relevant decision-making bodies.
Level of ambition and innovative approach of the propos
expand cooperation:
What we need to (effectively) start ?

➜ Being aware of Brussels’ expecta3on

📜‍ ✍ Deliverables for EACEA… to get the money.

🥇% Wonderful achievements for DGEAC… to go to the next round !

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Driving process of EUt+

The primacy of strategy ➜ Where are we going? The vision.

And the operational ➜ What are we doing? The action.

 Work Package 3: Common curricula spanning Europe

Today our eight ins<tu<ons differ in many ➜ Leader: UTCN – Coleader: UTT
ways with regard to their educa<onal offer.
Some disciplines and programs overlap ➜ M1-M36
naturally, but the detailed courses, content,
calendar, evalua<on etc. can differ notably.

Heading towards a mul0-campus university

model, the curricula will eventually need to
be aligned in content, quality, and format.

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Work Package 3: Common curricula spanning Europe

The years spent at the European University of Our future European degree of engineering is
Technology will constitute a decisive key.
experience in the life of all students and
learners. For our eight partners, it is a way to start
It will provide them with the practical and cooperating around a unique vision towards a
theoretical foundations necessary to navigate full alignment of each of our institutions.
a complex and evolving environment, with a For the European Union, it is a key milestone
valuable diploma to conquer the job market, towards a better integration of higher
with a European network of peers, with. education.
intellectual and cultural curiosity, open- For students and learners, it is an important
mindedness and civic values acknowledgement of their European identity.

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Work Package 3: Common curricula spanning Europe

We believe that excellent professionals Technology may empower people to create a

are the ones that are capable of putting more just, stable, and peaceful future, and at
research and technology in historical, the same <me it may make inequali<es
political, and social context. worse, and concentrate power in the hands
of the few and the rich.
When humanity must face the most
difficult challenges perhaps of our The choice as to how technology is used and
entire history, technology can either be for the benefit of whom it is developed is
our saviour or be our doom. en0rely poli0cal, and we aim at giving our
students awareness of this important
historical mission.

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 Work Package 3: Common curricula spanning Europe
Common curricula are an essential component of the A very strong emphasis will be placed on the
European University of Technology, its daily backbone. humanities and transversality in all curricula
(in particular at the request of students who
The objective is to have (except very minor cases) common contributed to the writing of this bid).
and single academic regulations for single programs
delivering a degree of the European University of A common competency framework is already
Technology recognized by all member states as worth in place for the Master's level and has been
national diploma. signed in an MoU between the partners.
It is the basis for convergence decisions,
Convergence will be done curriculum by curriculum. The first based on European frameworks (ESG, etc.)
ones will serve as demonstrators. However, complementary and quality assurance schemes (ENQA,
agreements promoting mobility will be opened up sooner so ENAEE, etc.).
that students can benefit from EUt+ for curricula that have
not yet converged.

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Aims to keep in mind

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES

The road towards a

European degree

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Erasmus+
Aims to keep in mind

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES
PROPOSED VISION

To create a globally recognised degree

that will be synonymous for innovative and
transformative higher education from multiple
institutions in multiple European countries.

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Erasmus+
Building European Degree should stand for…
(one of)
the first • Embedded mobility
European Degree • Multilingualism
• Innovative pedagogies
• Academic rigour
• Student-centred learning
• Challenge-based/experiential learning
• Exposure/ engagement with research
• Interdisciplinarity
• Alignment with future labour market
needs
• Modularisation and flexibility
• Self-customisation of study track
• Civic engagement

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 The enablers
ECTS and diploma supplement

European Qualifications Framework

DEQAR database of external quality assurance results

European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes

Council Recommendation on Automatic Recognition of qualifications

European Approach for Comprehensive QA of University Networks (EUniQ)

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➜ From the mission statement

The (re)integration of ethics, arts, humanities and social sciences within classical technological curricula will be
enabled by our WP3, hand-in-hand with a more general empowerment of our students, acknowledged as the actors
of their own formation and education.

The fact that we depend on national higher education accreditation processes does not make it easy to launch
common university courses, which are recognised at a European level, such as the ones we aim at within WP3.
Tackling questions such as this will be one of the key challenges of our project.

In order to support technologically responsible citizens, the curriculum of EUT+ needs to be equally disruptive and
ambitious, and this is clearly set out in WP3 as “Common curricula spanning Europe”. EUT+ will also be a leader in
educational research and digital technologies with a common laboratory of pedagogic research. Inclusive and
engaged education is part of the very fabric of EUT+.
I am always open for your questions!

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