Alliance of leading technical universities
The EuroTech Universities join forces in Brussels
The Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the Technische Universität München (TUM) – these institutions are all leading centers of technical education. Together they form the EuroTech Universities Alliance, whose shared mission is to develop technically sound solutions to the major challenges of our society: energy, food, health, communication and mobility.
The partners have a shared vision: They want to join forces to create, in the fields of engineering and technology, the strongest and most innovative research and teaching programs in Europe. Together, the EuroTech Universities will initiate large-scale, long-term projects that will generate new cross-border capacities. At the same time, they will offer transnational study programs at all levels, from Bachelor to Master to PhD, along with summer courses as well as student and scholar exchange programs. In order to implement the results of research in the form of manufacturing processes and marketable products, each university has strong partnerships with leading industrial and business organizations.
The EuroTech Universities bring together research, education and technology transfer for the first time under one roof, in a cross-border approach that is quite unique in Europe. The first project they will undertake this year is the “GreenTech initiative” in which each partner will invest one million euros for the development of environmentally friendly technologies.
By being built upon significant, "bottom-up" cooperative actions and programmes, established through existing relations between the researchers across the Alliance, the Brussels office will have a uniquely legitimate and informed basis in helping to shape EU research and innovation policies. Also the EuroTech Universities will be promoting dialogue between different sectors of society. In addition, they aim to encourage and enhance the professionalization of science management.
The office of the EuroTech Universities Alliance, which opens today in Brussels, will play a key role in this regard. Each partner university will have a representative at the office to serve as a contact person for his or her institution. The joint interests of the EuroTech Universities in relation to the European Union will be represented by Dr. Andrew Sors, a British materials scientist who has many years of experience in European research and technology policy. He has held several positions within the European Commission, including Head of a DG Research and Innovation Unit as well as the Commission’s science counselor in India. He has also served as Rector of the Collegium Budapest Institute for Advanced Study.
EuroTech Universities address in Brussels:
Dr. Andrew Sors
Square de Meeûs 23
8th Floor
B – 1000 Brussels
www.eurotech-universities.org
Press contact:
Technische Universität München
Dr. Ulrich Marsch
Spokesperson for the President
Tel.: +49 89 289 22778
E-mail: marsch@zv.tum.de
Web: http://www.tum.de
Eindhoven University of Technology
Ir. Ivo Jongsma
Spokesperson for the President
Tel: +3140 247 21 10
E-mail: i.l.a.jongsma@tue.nl
Web: www.tue.nl
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Jérôme Grosse
Director of communication, spokesman
Tel.: +41 21 693 21 78
E-Mail: jerome.grosse@epfl.ch
Web: www.epfl.ch
Technical University of Denmark
Maria Skou
Head of Office
Tel.: +45 212 224 32
E-Mail: msk@adm.dtu.dk
Claus Henrik Andersen
Head of Office
Tel.: +45 452 510 28
E-Mail: cha@adm.dtu.dk
Web: www.dtu.dk