RUN-EU’s pedagogical network, the Future and Advanced Pedagogy Skills Academy (FAPSA), will organise a series of pedagogical online workshops for teaching staff in autumn 2026. The workshops will address current topics in higher education, such as student-centred teaching, digital learning environments, and assessment and feedback.

Welcome to the RUN-EU Day 2026, the annual initiative celebrated across the RUN-EU network, with each member university hosting its own local event.
Together, we highlight and strengthen the alliance’s core goals by promoting mobility, collaboration, and a shared European identity.

The University of Leiria and Oeste (ULO) has officially begun a new chapter in its history, following the legal transformation of the former Polytechnic University of Leiria (IPLeiria) into a university. The milestone reflects more than four decades of institutional growth and excellence, while opening new opportunities to strengthen education, research, innovation and regional development in Portugal and across Europe.

From today on, our RUN-EU partner, the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA), officially becomes the Polytechnic University of Cávado and Ave (UPCA), following Portugal’s revised Legal Framework for Higher Education Institutions (RJIES).

Following the successful launch of the FILS HUB in 2025, the 2025–2026 academic year marked the first Alliance-wide implementation of the RUN-EU FILS Programme, representing a significant step towards the progressive institutionalisation of STEAM education across the Alliance. Through the expansion of the FILS HUB network and the activation of local FILS programmes at partner […]

RUN-EU successfully delivered the second edition of RUN-EU Innovation Day, a coordinated initiative organised simultaneously across all ten partner universities, in November 2025.

Between February and April 2026, the RUN-EU Alliance successfully organised the second edition of the RUN-EU INNOTHON, bringing together students and pre-university learners from across Europe under the common theme “Smart Cities and Smart Villages.”

The 5th edition of the RUN-EU ICARUS Conference, the Annual International Conference on Applied Research with Business and Society, will take place online on 2 October 2026 (full agenda will be shared soon). This year’s conference, under the theme “Reimagining Innovation and Collaboration in Uncertainty: Invention, Impact and RUN-EU”, will explore the importance of imagination, […]

The RUN-EU alliance has introduced a new Future Study Skills Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), designed to help students thrive in international learning environments while supporting well-being, high-quality learning, and future career development. Open to learners across the RUN-EU network, the course reflects shared European values such as human dignity, equality, democracy, and respect for human rights.  […]

Six RUN-EU students were among the 250 participants selected to take part in the European Student Assembly (ESA) 2026, held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg and bringing together student voices from across Europe.