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CIVIS, Europe's Civic University Alliance

CIVIS – About Us

CIVIS, Europe's Civic University Alliance comprises:

Sapienza Università di Roma
Free University of Brussels
University of Tübingen
Autonomous University of Madrid
Aix-Marseille Université,
National Kapodistrian University of Athens
University of Bucharest
University of Stockholm
Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg
University of Glasgow  (associated partner)
UNIL | Université de Lausanne

Civis is a project financied by the European Commission within the European Universities programme. The new European university brings together 400,000 students and 55,000 academics and technical-administrative staff. 

1 alliance, 11 universities, countless possibilities
Welcome to CIVIS, Europe's Civic University Alliance

What we offer

 Erasmus+ mobility simplified and integrated

The CIVIS Alliance aims to create a space where university mobility is easier and more straightforward.
 

CIVIS courses

CIVIS offers short courses, winter and summer schools on various topics and disciplines.
 

Dissemination

All CIVIS project resources and outcome documents are freely available online for sharing with other universities or individuals interested in using this experience for their own initiatives.
CIVIS Resources

1 alliance, 11 universities, countless possibilities!

 

Events 2025

CIVIS presents TRACEE, the Master’s Programme in Transdisciplinary Studies of Climate, Environment, and Energy

Archive

Events 2024

  • New BIPs for an international experience Read the news
  • CIVIS Days 2024, imagining Europe in a changing world Read the news
  • CIVIS Call for Student-Led Projects Read the news
  • CIVIS call for proposals for new educational activities Read the news
  • New joint Master's degree programme in Palaeolithic Archaeology at three European CIVIS universities Read the news
  • CIVIS call for lecturers and researchers to propose new Blended Intensive Programmes Read the news

  • CIVIS online open house for students to get to know the Alliance Read the news

  • EU Commission Blueprint for a European degree Read the news

  • The BIPs are back: new CIVIS Blended Intensive Programmes Read the news

  • CIVIS: 11 steps towards a Joint European Degree Read the news

  • Do you hear the BIP? Study abroad with CIVIS Blended Intensive Programmes Read the news

Events 2023

  • SMARTT project presents preliminary recommendations for European Degree label criteria Read the news
  • BIP Civis in Rome: Co-Creating Urban Futures Read the news
  • Social challenges of digital and technological transformations: new CIVIS webinars for PhD students Read the news
  • Civis: are you a lecturer interested in submitting a BIP project? Read the news
  • New CIVIS workshops on innovative teaching Read the news
  • CIVIS: New Blended Intensive Programmes for students and staff Read the news
  • EU - UK agreement: the University of Glasgow can take part in Horizon Europe projects under CIVIS Read the news
  • CIVIS gender studies lectures Read the news - first cycle  Read the news - second cycle
  • SMARTT project presents first results on the new European Degree label criteria Read the news 

  • Sapienza hosts the CIVIS H2O Pollution Blended Intensive Programme Read the news 

  • CIVIS Days 2023, sustainably connected universities Read the news 

  • CIVIS Blended Intensive Programmes - Call for lecturers Read the news

  • Climate and energy - An interdisciplinary perspective.The first CIVIS MOOC is now online CIVIS website

Events 2022 

  • The University of Lausanne with CIVIS Read the news
  • Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs): free, open, interdisciplinary, online and face-to-face courses at Civis universities More information and deadlines
  • CIVIS looks to the future. The Alliance selected for another 4 years of EU funding Read the news

  • Theatre Festival "Teatro delle migrazioni" Read the news

  • NaturaShare - Finding nature in the CIVIS cities Read the news
  • PENSA, the CIVIS project for teachers Read the news
  • Global CIVIS Days 2022 on May 18, 19 and 20 in Athens Read the news
  • CIVIS Panathlon Read the news
  • CIVIS Symphonic Orchestra Academy in Marseille Read the news
  • Cross-border research&innovation in the European Universities Initiative Read the news
  • CIVIS Alliance and six leading African universities together for cross-Mediterranean collaboration Read the news
  • Course for PhD students in Communication Sciences  Read the news
  • Rights and Democracy, CIVIS summer school at Sapienza Read the news
  • Urban regeneration through informality - CIVIS short course at Sapienza Read the news
  • Crisis and sustainability post-COVID-19 - CIVIS short course at Sapienza Read the news
  • Libraries for CIVIS - Erasmus Staff Week for Libraries and Learning centers Read the news 
  • Innovative Medical Education in the Digital Era Read the news (in Italian)

Events 2021

  • Learn new languages with CIVIS Read the news
  • Policies and actions in Gender Equality comparing universities’ experiences Read the news

Events 2020

  • Short-term mobility courses Read the news
  • Sapienza Open Lab Read the news
  • The Student Hackathon of Global Civis Days on sustainability rewards our students' ideas  Read the news
  • Global CIVIS Days on University and Sustainability Read the news
  • Tasting the past. Food history and recipes from the 15th to the 21st century. CIVIS Seminar Read the news
  • Postdoc funding opportunities with CIVIS Read the news
  • Ongoing processes for the decarbonisation by 2050. A European approach Read the news
  • A year of CIVIS activity in a video Read the news
  • Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development. A CIVIS webinar on the Middle East and North Africa region Read the news
  • Meeting of CIVIS Board of the Rectors and conclusion of the Sapienza University Presidency Read the news

Events 2019

  • Mayors Day: inauguration of CIVIS Office in Brussels Read the news 
  • Meeting of CIVIS Rectors Read the news 
  • CIVIS takes part in the European Universities Initiative. Building the Universities of the Future Read the news]
  • Sapienza Rector Eugenio Gaudio elected President of CIVIS - October 1, 2019 marks the beginning of the first year of activities Read the news
  • European Civis University: EU Commission Approves Funding Read the news 

 

 

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