E³UDRES² European University Alliance

Last modified: 15. January 2026

E³UDRES² - Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University as Driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions

E³UDRES² stands for “Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University as Driver for Smart and Sustainable European Regions” and promotes the development of small and medium-sized cities and their rural environments into smart and sustainable European regions, and also explore how universities will work in the future.

E³UDRES² integrates challenge-based education, mission-oriented research, human-centred innovation as well as open and engaged knowledge exchange as interrelated core areas and aims to establish an exemplary multi-university campus across Europe.

E³UDRES² 2.0

Promoting Smart and Sustainable Regions as an Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University.

E³UDRES² 2.0 propels forward the Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University as a driver for European Smart and Sustainable Regions, resulting in an enhanced quality, performance, attractiveness and competitiveness of the European University alliance and its individual members. Beginning October 2020, the initial E³UDRES² alliance comprised six higher education institutions. The consortium has expanded with E³UDRES² 2.0, incorporating 36 affiliated partners and nine universities. It also strengthens ties with academic institutions and regional communities in Ukraine and the Western Balkans.