The Arqus Annual Conference 2025 will take place in the first week of April. This year's theme, " European Universities at the crossroads", aims to bring together leaders, academics and students to reflect on developments in European higher education and the European Universities Initiative. The aim is to discuss the future of the Arqus Alliance and the European Universities Initiative as a whole.
The aim of the Arqus Annual Conference is to share best practice and innovative solutions, identify strategies and ways to strengthen co-operation within the Alliances, discuss challenges and possible solutions for the European Higher Education Initiative and make recommendations for policy adjustments to strengthen the role of the Alliances.
What is there to see?
The conference will officially open on Wednesday 2 April at 10am (CET) and some parts of the conference will be streamed live on the Arqus YouTube channel:
2 April, 10:30-12:00: Legal Entity: The future for European University Alliances
- Moderators: Eva Inés Obergfell, Rector of Leipzig University, and Eeva Leinonen, President of Maynooth University (Arqus).
- Speakers: Stefan Lang (CIVIS), Barbara Gagliardi (UNITA), Daniel Santos (INGENIUM).
2 April, 13:30-15:00: Research strategies and collaborative research projects within European University Alliances
- Moderator: Patrycja Matusz, Vice-Rector from the University of Wrocław (Arqus) and Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Science for European Affairs and the Presidency of the Republic of Poland in the Council of the European Union.
- Speakers: Bálint Markó (EUTOPIA), Sergio Villanueva (CHARM-EU), Lucas Zinner (Circle-U), Cedric Jürgensen (Arqus).
3 April, 09:00-10:30: Common digital infrastructures as tools and resources for European University Alliances
- Moderator: Mireille van Poppel, Vice-Rector for Internationalisation and Equal Opportunities at the University of Graz (Arqus).
- Speakers: Sebastian Schöttler (EUTOPIA), Alex Hinojo (Open-EU), Colin Tück (expert), Lucas de Uña (Arqus Student Council).
3 April, 11:30-13:00: Arqus Teaching Excellence Award Ceremony and Closing
- The winners of the third edition of the Arqus Teaching Excellence Award will present their innovative projects before the closing of the conference.
- Closing by: Uršulė Barkauskaitė, Vice-President of the Arqus Student Council, Dorothy Kelly, Arqus Coordinator, and Eva Inés Obergfell, Rector of Leipzig University.
- Announcement of the 2026 Arqus Annual Conference by Maynooth University.
Participation is easily possible under this link!