ITU is one of the 9 partners of
international academic alliance EELISA, "European Engineering
Learning Innovation and Science Alliance". The EELISA project,
with a total duration of 36 months, includes 180,000 students,
16,000 faculty members and 11,000 administrative staff.
Redefining the Engineering
EELISA is the first alliance of
Higher Education Institutions (graduate engineering
schools, technology universities and full-spectrum universities)
from different countries in Europe meant to define and implement
a common model of European engineer rooted in society.
EELISA’s acronym also pays a tribute to women engineers
through the memory of Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu (1887 –
1973), one of the very first women to obtain an engineering
degree in the world.
EELISA aims to transform
European higher education while strengthening links
between engineering and society by making a real impact on
society following the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the all SDGs. We EELISA partners,
envision a future where societies thrive and master global
challenges with smart and sustainable solutions empowered by
European engineering.
EELISA Communities for SDG
based real-world challenges
The EELISA communities are
mission-driven working groups that bring together students,
teachers, and researchers from all partner universities with
prestigious professionals, grassroots organizations, citizens,
private companies, and public institutions to find innovative
solutions to real-world challenges.
Each community will define its main
elements: mission, challenges, people/organization, activities,
and evaluation criteria.
EELISA InnoCore: Building a New Sustainable Research and
Innovation Environment for Sustainability
EELISA INNOvation and COmmon REsearch
Strategy (InnoCORE) is the research and
innovation wing of EELISA. Based on EELISA
ecosystem, its Communities and the challenges identified
therein, InnoCORE is intended to delve deeper into the
institutional transformation initiated by the Alliance, by
focusing on its R+I dimension.
ELISA InnoCORE aims to transform the
Research & Innovation dimension of EELISA by; Connecting
researchers, innovators and non-academic stakeholders, and
setting up a portfolio of shared scientific infrastructures;
Fostering and supporting the development of joint R&I
actions and the creation of new structures (research groups,
clusters, joint labs, start-ups, scientific parks); Optimizing
the outreach and impact of these actions. InnoCORE will also
explore and work on cross-cutting issues of research: defining a
common open science strategy and a gender equality plan, and
analysing the cost-benefits and barriers hampering
cooperation.
ITU in EELISA
As one of the founding partners of
the alliance, ITU has undertaken many important tasks since the
beginning of the project and takes an active role in shaping the
new engineering concept with its academics, administrative staff
and students.
