EELISA – European University: About us
The European network to educate a next generation of European 'Renaissance' engineers
EELISA, European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance, brings together ten higher education institutions (engineering schools, universities of technology, and general universities) from eight European countries with the aim of defining and implementing a shared model of a European engineer rooted in society. According to the EELISA Governing Board statement, approved on April 19, 2021, EELISA's vision is to "launch European degree programmes that will herald the next generation of European 'Renaissance' engineers capable of pursuing a brilliant career and driving sustainable change in a multidisciplinary, diverse, multilingual, and global environment, leveraging European values". The new European engineers will be engaged professionals and citizens ready to work in interdisciplinary, multilingual, diverse, and pan-European environments, facilitating Europe's transformation into a just and prosperous society with a modern, resource-efficient economy.The acronym "EELISA" is a tribute to women engineers and was inspired by Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu (1887–1973), one of the first female engineering graduates in the world. Embodying the core elements of the EELISA alliance thanks to her multicultural and cross-border background, she contributed socially to engineering by proposing innovative methods for mineral analysis.
EELISA European University The EELISA project is part of the European University Initiative, which aims to strengthen strategic partnerships between institutions to increase the international competitiveness of European higher education.
The acronym “EELISA” commemorates women engineers and it was inspired by Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu (1887 – 1973), among the first engineering graduated women worldwide. By embodying the core elements of the EELISA Alliance thank to her multi-cultural and cross-border background, she had a determined social commitment and contributed to engineering with innovative methods for the analysis of minerals.
We are EELISA!
The EELISA partners of the alliance that will transform engineering education and society.
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem
- École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
- Scuola Normale Superiore
- Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
- Universitatea Politehnica din Bucureşti
- Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
- ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
Acknowledgement: EELISA is an ERASMUS + project funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement N° 101004081 - EELISA
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