The new European university alliance HEROES Alliance brings together nine universities of applied sciences from across the EU with a single shared goal: to strengthen the resilience of the regions in which they are located through digital innovation. A total of 120,000 students and 14,000 staff across 22 campuses—mainly situated in non-urbanized areas—will benefit from deep international collaboration in education and research, enabled by new funding from the Erasmus+ programme.
The universities in the HEROES Alliance are located in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden. HEROES also includes associated partners from Albania, France, Greece, Kosovo, and Ukraine.
The HEROES consortium consists of nine universities: Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, University College Northern Denmark, Polytechnic University of Beja, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Halmstad University, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Vilniaus Kolegija / Higher Education Institution, and Mendel University in Brno. In response to the European Commission’s call, they are jointly preparing a project titled “European Universities.”
The consortium aims to cooperate closely in areas such as various forms of teaching (e-learning, blended learning, Collaborative Online International Learning – COIL, etc.) and student and staff exchange, including support for students with special needs.
