Eutopia for Students
The EUTOPIA educational model promotes a bottom-up approach in which students are actively involved in joint teaching in order to find innovative solutions to the complex challenges of the 21st century in a European network and in cooperation with global partners.
Students can participate in EUTOPIA in a variety of ways
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Innovation Challenge for Students
In the Innovation Challenge, students from the various partner universities work together in teams on site for a week to develop proposed solutions for a local company. The aim is to tackle real problems and use the potential of creative environments to stimulate interdisciplinary work. The Innovation Challenge takes place up to three times a year at different partner universities.
Ideas Club
EUTOPIA Ideas Club is a student-led debate program that aims to promote awareness of European values and intercultural understanding. The program takes place twice a year and invites students from all member universities to a two-day workshop at different partner universities. Current calls can be found on our news page.
TeamWork
TeamWork is a virtual program that runs over a period of four weeks. In TeamWork, teams of up to 6 students from different EUTOPIA universities work on a project or an organizational task. The aim is to provide international and intercultural experience and to strengthen virtual skills in order to improve professional opportunities. Please find more informations on TeamWork here.
EUTOPIA STUDENT CAREER AMBASSADOR Network
The program supports students in finding out about international career opportunities and improving their own chances on the international job market. Each of the 10 partner universities provides a student as a Career Ambassador. This student is assigned an experienced mentor. The Career Ambassadors are self-organized, meet regularly to exchange ideas and regularly organize workshops and lectures that are also open to a wider public.
More about the EUTOPIA Student Career Ambassadors
Networking of student initiatives
EUTOPIA supports student initiatives in networking and exchanging ideas. In this way, student organizations within the alliance can combine their activities and expand their cooperation. In particular, ideas that contribute to solving challenges, are dedicated to sustainable development and/or are linked to other EUTOPIA activities can be individually promoted. Contact us if you would like to network with other student initiatives.
EUTOPIA Summer Schools
Global data protection law in Brussels, Design+Science on para-intelligence in Ljubljana or the history of violence in Dresden - EUTOPIA universities offer a variety of summer schools every year. These intensive programs give students and researchers a deep insight into various subject areas and promote interdisciplinary exchange. The summer schools are often free of charge or offer special conditions for EUTOPIA members.
EUTOPIA Student Think Tank (EUSTT)
The EUTOPIA Student Think Tank is a student-led and student-centered initiative. EUSTT is dedicated to building a platform for sharing knowledge and developing new ideas to contribute to the progress of society. It is run by a diverse group of student researchers and allows students to publish their work and recommendations. It also provides skills training to engage the student community in policy making and political decision-making processes to create a positive impact on society.
BeEUTOPIAn - Annual Student Conference
The annual international EUTOPIA conference is organized by and for students. The team consists of students from across the Alliance with the support of the host university. The conference is hosted by a different partner each year and allows EUTOPIA Alliance students and other international students to participate in debates on relevant topics, challenges and scenarios.
The BeEUTOPIAn Conference 2023 took place on October 13 in Paris. TU Dresden sent two students.
More information about the BeEUTOPIAn Conference
Opportunities for mobility
EUTOPIA offers various mobility programs to support innovative researchers and students at all career stages to meet with partners from EUTOPIA universities. For further details please contact us directly at
Connected Communities
The Connected Communities are integrated thematic networks in which teachers, researchers and students collaborate on cross-campus knowledge activities. They are in line with the vision of the EUTOPIA Alliance and aim to
- Connect teaching and research
- link science and society
- to enable inclusion