On Wednesday, 7 May, final-year students from the general education tracks of the Juraj Dobrila Gymnasium and Vocational School in Pazin were introduced to an innovative undergraduate programme: Urban Sustainability Studies, set to commence in the 2025/2026 academic year. This programme, developed within the European university alliance Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE), was also presented in six other secondary schools in Rijeka and the surrounding area, attracting the interest of ...

To celebrate this year's Europe Day, YUFE Alliance is back with a rich YUFE Academy programme! In May and June, you can expect a series of lectures, workshops, and events open to all interested citizens, students, and staff, hosted by YUFE Alliance partner universities. The programme kicks off on May 9, Europe Day, at the University of Bremen, and in the following weeks, numerous events will be held covering topics such as disinformation, artificial intelligence, current trade turmoi...

Join us and shape the world you want to live in! Applications are now open for YUFE’s Joint Bachelor in Urban Sustainability Studies starting in academic year 2025/2026!  This programme is your chance to contribute to positive change in European urban developmen...

Ready to make an impact on the future of cities and rural areas? The Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) Alliance just launched an exciting opportunity for you to dive into urban sustainability like never before. Join us and shape the world you want to live in! Applications are now open for YUFE’s Joint Bachelor in Urban Sustainability Studies starting in academic year 2025/2026!

The third mission of universities is becoming an essential part of higher education, highlighting the growing need for developing and improving collaboration between academic and local communities. From the start, the YUFE Alliance has been evolving into a truly socially responsible European university, a mission reflected in most YUFE activities. Local communities and partners are integral to the YUFE Alliance, and the desire for meaningful and concrete collaboration with these communities was the main motivation be...

Young Universities for the Future of Europe alliance (YUFE) is opening a new Skills of the Future Programme which offers different Managing Complexity courses open for all citizens.  As part of the Managing Complexity program, the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Rijeka offers the International Marketing course, ideal for anyone who wants to improve their marketing s...

Join the YUFE Academy in celebration of the European Researchers’ Night and learn about the latest developments in the world of science. Exciting topics such as multilingualism, brain function, artificial intelligence, the world of scents, and much more await you. The YUFE Academy offers a series of events open to all interested citizens, students, and staff. It includes lectures, workshops, discussions, and other activities held online or in-person, in English or in the local...

From September 17 to 19, 2024, the University Centre for Foreign Languages at Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń hosted a three-day workshop titled "Lifelong Learning in the Times of VUCA“. This workshop was part of the Copernican Integration Network (COIN2) project, funded by the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) as part of the "Solidarity with Ukraine" program. Alongside two representatives from the University of Rijeka, participants included representatives from partner universities in the...

Join us and take your English skills to the next level! Are your English skills quite good, but you still would like to feel more confident using English in international academic contexts?  Then join our Academic English Conversations online sessions. The sessions are designed to give your English the "finishing touch" and to help boost your confidence in using English in academic contexts (e.g. meetings, panels, conferences, r...

As the first event of this year's jubilee 25th Fiumanka, the first YUFE Fiumanka was held in the Rijeka Bay on Thursday, June 6, 2024. All the universities united in the YUFE Alliance competed, including the YUFE Central Office crew - a total of 12 crews. The University of Essex crew won the third place, the second place went to the team from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, while the crew representing Charles III University of Madrid won the gold medal. Rector of the University of Rijeka, Professor Snježan...

On Wednesday, 5 June 2024, a workshop called "Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity Workshop: Creating a Culture of Inclusion" was held at the University of Rijeka. It was part of a program for the YUFE delegation, which consisted of student representatives and staff from all YUFE partner institutions, during their several-day visit to UNIRI. Ten participants were guided through the workshop by

Exciting news for all Open Science enthusiasts! As part of our commitment to fostering Open Science practices, we are now introducing the Open Science Programme. All YUFE universities offer different support infrastructures for academics, to empower them to share knowledge and data, or to include partners from across academia, industry, public authorities and citizen groups in the research process. This programme is targeted at research support staff and professional service staff that gives Open Science support. You...

Join us on YUFE Academy events and Europe day! On May 15 at 11:30 am, Assistant Professor Sarah Czerny will have online lecture Bringing Food into the City? From Farm to Fork. Application is obligatory via  Virual campus. This lecture will look at the challenges about how to bring local foods into t...

We invite you to an online lecture in English by UNIRI professor Irena Vodopija-Krstanović Intercultural communication in international teaching in English: Neglected or important segment? on Tuesday, May 14 at 2 p.m. (CET) as part of the YUFE Academy program and the celebration of Europe Day, which is intended for everyone - citizens, students and university staff. Application is obligatory via 

The Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE), a vibrant alliance of 10 universities across Europe, has announced its official transition to an AISBL (Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif), an international non-profit association submitted under Belgian law, thus solidifying its commitment to European University transformation. This significant step marks a new chapter in YUFE’s journey, continuing its commitment to driving innovation and excellence in European higher education. M...

At the beginning of December 2023 one of YUFE partners - the University of Essex - welcomed colleagues from across the YUFE alliance who are working together on the partnership’s equity, diversity and inclusivity mission. During the three-day event there were lively...

At a recently held meeting of the YUFE Strategy Council, held in Nicosia, the official representatives of all YUFE universities expressed their concern about ongoing political development and their effect on overall climate in Europe, especially in the light of upcoming European elections. Therefore, YUFE calls for the revival of shared European values founded on democracy, social inclusion, and the celebration of our rich diversity. As a European Universities Alliance, we are dedicated to countering the rising tide...

Do you want to study in an international environment, experience multiculturalism and truly participate in society? Take advantage of the opportunity and apply for the YUFE Student Journey! With YUFE you can study at 10 European universities. Join YUFE and shape your own degree, study in different countries (online or onsite), take language courses and engage with students from all over Europe. All of this for free, and the good thing is that you decide which courses or activi...

Would you like to sharpen your conversational skills, have fun and make new friends? Grab a cup of coffee, turn on your computer and join our Online Café! You will meet a group of language learners online once a week to engage in causal conversation in foreign language, lead by native speaker! In the academic year 2023/2024 YUFE offers an Online Language Café in Polish, Dutch, Finnish, French and English.  This allows you to maintain and improve spo...

Do you have a passion for language and would you like to pass on your knowledge to other students? Sign up as a YUFE language cafe tutor and get the YUFE Civic Star! What is an Online Language Café? A group of language learners meets once a week online to engage in casual conversation in a foreign language, under the guidance of a native speaker. This allows learners to maintain and improve their spoken language skills. Who can apply as a tutor?

The YUFE universities are pleased to announce two calls for postdoctoral research positions in all disciplines, with a project addressing one or more urban opportunities and challenges. Postdocs will carry out their projects anchored in a YUFE host university of their choice. They will define and develop their projects within YUFE focus areas: Sustainability, Digital Society, Citizens Wellbeing, and European Identity. In total,

This year's YUFE Townhall, the largest annual event of the European University Alliance YUFE, was held at the University of Rijeka from 15 to 17 February. More than 100 participants from all partner YUFE universities took part in an interesting programme dedicated to various discussions on innovative approaches and innovation in European higher education. The three-day conference started with a formal reception held at the Sugar Refinery Palace in Rijeka on Wednesday, February 15, where the particip...

Representatives of the University of Rijeka and members of the Diversity and Inclusivity Team - Daria Glavan Šćulac, Ana Tomaško Obradović, Sandra Nuždić, and Tino Vodanović - visited Tor Vergata University in Rome in September. As part of the YUFE work package dedicated to improving diversity and inclusive policies and practices in the YUFE network and partner universities, the meetings in Rome included the sharing of experiences and good inclusive practices of the gathered representatives from...

YUFE is launching an activities programme to promote entrepreneurship and innovation. These activities are primarily aimed at students and staff of YUFE universities. The programme is made up of three initiatives: Challenge Teams, Entrepreneurial Training Activities, including MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)Talk ShowsA competition called ‘Yufethon’. Carrying o...

YUFE is delighted to announce that our application in response to the 2022 Erasmus+ European Universities call has been selected for funding worth €14.4m with a score of 92/100! This is a major milestone for our Alliance YUFE Alliance, which continues to be a frontrunner among European Universities. Over 50 proposals were submitted from 350 higher education institutions looking to develop radical change within European higher education. You can find more information about all selected proposals on ...

Last week we welcomed our new cohort of 241 YUFE Students during out YUFE Meet & Greet. The YUFE Meet & Greet provides new students all the relevant information about YUFE and the various opportunities it has to offer. The new YUFE Students also had the opportunity to talk to their peers and get to know all universities within the Alliance. It was a great event to strengthen and foster the YUFE Community! With this new batch, YUFE has met another important ...

Within the scope of the YUFE program, training cycle titled ''YUFE Career Development Track for Professional Service Staff" was held from January 13 to June 3, 2022. The training cycle covered the following areas: YUFE and the European contextnew trends in recruitment and hiring processesskills of the futurecareer development in teaching and non-teaching staff, and connection with European strategic goals such as open, transparent, and merit-based employment of researchers (OTM-R)d...

Discover our hosting offers! YUFE invites all interested and motivated postdoctoral fellows to apply for the Marie-Skłodowska Curie Call 2022 (MSCA 2022) and choose one of the YUFE universities as the host for their application.

Are you interested in community-engaged research and looking for ways to integrate this approach in your own research? MPCER and YUFERING have invited two Maastricht University researchers, Wiebe Bijker, professor of Technology and Society, and Mitchell Kiefer, Lecturer with a PhD in Sociology, to discuss an example of involving academic and governmental actors in research on climate-related flood risks. This hybrid workshop will take place on Tuesd...

The Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun organizes the next YUFE Talk show within the WP5 entrepreneurship program activities. The lecture, titled Implementing Vision, is scheduled for Monday, May 16, 2022 from 11.00 AM to 1.00 PM (CET). AbstractHow to turn vision into action? How to bring the most distant and ephemeral trait of branding into the brand loyalty that appeals to both, customers and public. Working on six features of Vision delivered by ...