RUN-EU empowers students to shape the future by delivering advanced skills for societal transformation in EU regions. We drive sustainable economic, social, cultural, and environmental progress through a dynamic, interconnected European university network. Our mission is to equip students and stakeholders with the skills to tackle green, digital, and socio-economic challenges, fostering active citizenship and creating a multinational alliance for regional development.

We know that knowledge production is not bound by national frontiers and management structures are increasingly going global.

As a geographically dispersed European University, RUN-EU relies on a robust and transparent management structure that uses international best practices to ensure strong communication and effective participation by all members.

The General Assembly meets once a year to:

evaluate and decide on the high-level RUN-EU policy decisions proposed by the coordinator or by the Management Committee
strategically steer the main project decisions upon reviewing the reports of the coordinator and the Management Committee, describing the progress of the project and each work package
guarantee the academic and scientific coordination of RUN-EU
define the main guidelines for the sustainability of the RUN-EU and support the roll-out of the long-term vision strategy
and identify potential risks, difficulties and bottlenecks that could arise during the project roll-out to determine appropriate solutions and/or contingencies.

To create and grow three joint interregional cutting-edge knowledge networks, the European Innovations Hubs, focused on three areas: Future Industries and Sustainable Regional Development, Bioeconomy and Social Innovation
To develop a long-term mobility-driven strategy responsible for the identification, promotion, and creation of flexible future and advanced skills programmes, based on a challenge- and work-based curricula, the Future and Advanced Skills Pedagogy Academies
To establish a European Mobility Innovation Centre, which will bring together international mobility experts (staff) from the alliance members to build and share expertise in innovative international student and staff mobility in European higher education and to monitor the quality of RUN-EU mobility activities
To create an internship programme for the mobility of research students and staff, the Discovery Programme, which will also be responsible for forming future-looking international R&I teams and fostering sustainable R&I projects within the alliance
To design and deliver 80 Short Advanced Programmes focused on the future advanced skills needs, which will promote flexible transnational mobility of students, innovative pedagogies, blended and life-long learning, reskilling, and upskilling
And to design and deliver 24 double degree programmes and 3 joint programmes, which all RUN-EU members will jointly develop