CIVIS hubs

CIVIS hubs
CIVIS hubs are cross and interdisciplinary thematic research and education areas which will structure our European University. Our goal is to create innovative study and research programmes focus on global societal challenges.

5 CIVIS themes
Our hubs will focus on five themes which have been identified based on CIVIS’s missions and values, and are closely connected to major societal challenges and linked with the UN Sustainable development goals:
- Health
- Cities, territories and mobilities
- Digital and Technological transformation
- Climate, environment and energy
- Society, culture, heritage
Each of these thematic hubs will offer joint study programmes at Bachelor’s, Master’s and Phd levels at the CIVIS member universities and will foster multidisciplinary research projects through innovative pedagogies.

Towards challenge-driven study programmes

And cutting-edge collaborative societal research projects
Through the collaboration of our research teams, associated partners, shared infrastructure and digital platforms, our hubs will underpin high-level multidisciplinary and multinational joint research and innovation opportunities.

Launch of first hub in 2020
Climate, environment and energy is the first CIVIS hub being developed among the CIVIS European University alliance.
Educational activities such as virtual mobility courses, independent projects (thesis work at BA, MA and Phd levels) and student short-term mobilities (Erasmus-style semester) will be implemented for the academic year 2020-2021.
In the long term, we will develop joint study degrees at BA, MA and Phd level.