Commission's civil servant calls on universities to shape next strategic mission for alliances

The Director-General for Education at the European Commission said that her institution plans to define a new "strategic mission" for the 73 European university alliances in 2027 and called on universities to be “very vocal” about shaping this.

Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, DG of DG EAC at the European Commission, said: "I hope you will be very vocal about shaping the new initiative on the universities' alliances, because we must ensure that this initiative is going to continue to be shaped by those who know them best."

She was taking part in the event marking the 25^th anniversary of the European University Association (EUA) on 29/10/2026.

Ahrenkilde explained that the Commission President had identified the Alliances 2.0 as a priority for 2027, and that her teams “will set out what the next…