An Innovative Approach to Real Sustainability Challenges
CHARM-EU is the European university alliance focused on challenges, accessible, research-based, and mobile.

Our goal is to co-create a new innovative model for European higher education in line with European values, the European Green Deal, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. CHARM-EU is coordinated by the University of Barcelona and comprises eight partner universities from Europe: Trinity College Dublin, Utrecht University, University of Montpellier, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Åbo Akademi University, Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg, Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences, and University of Bergen.

CHARM-EU was one of the first seventeen European universities selected by the European Commission in the European Universities Initiative in 2019. This alliance is designed to promote the quality, inclusivity, and competitiveness of European higher education. CHARM-EU is for everyone: students, researchers, professional staff, and academics. The alliance offers master’s programs, such as the Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability, as well as courses, research clusters, networking events, and mobility opportunities.

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Institutional

06-05-2025

The Rector, Joan Guàrdia, speaks at a high-level meeting in Paris

He was the only university rector from Spain to take part in this event, during which a session co-organized by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was held to launch the Choose Europe for Science programme.

 

Sustainability

10-02-2025

CHARM-EU: an innovative approach to real sustainability challenges

​​The next edition of the CHARM-EU Master’s programme includes a new pathway focusing on energy and smart cities. 

Academical

07-02-2025

Nova edició del màster, amb més oportunitats per a l’alumnat

El màster consta actualment de tres fases obligatòries. En la preparatòria, l’èmfasi recau en l’adquisició d’habilitats generals, especialment en els camps de la sostenibilitat, la innovació social i la recerca transdisciplinària.

Academical

04-12-2024

La Lliga d’Universitats de Recerca Europees analitza com es pot optimitzar l’impacte de les aliances universitàries

El màster consta actualment de tres fases obligatòries. En la preparatòria, l’èmfasi recau en l’adquisició d’habilitats generals, especialment en els camps de la sostenibilitat, la innovació social i la recerca transdisciplinària.