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IE UNIVERSITY + CIVICA
IE University is one of ten European higher-education institutions that make up CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences. The members of this prestigious alliance specialize in social sciences, humanities, business management, and public policy, and share core values, an international perspective, and academic expertise while contributing fresh approaches and innovative ideas.
With a combined community of 72,000 students and 13,000 faculty members, the CIVICA alliance fosters collaboration in teaching, research, and innovation. Together, we strive to mobilize and share knowledge as a public good while promoting civic responsibility in Europe and beyond. We look forward to the opportunities ahead as we continue to enrich and diversify higher education across Europe.
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About CIVICA
Since its founding in 2019 by leading European social science universities, CIVICA has worked to establish a truly European inter-university campus. In doing so, it has piloted the EU's flagship initiative to enhance strategic partnerships in European higher education and research.
CIVICA members have drawn on their joint expertise and shared European values to offer students and staff innovative, transnational opportunities in education, research and civic engagement, with special emphasis on digital innovation and an overarching mission to serve European societies.
Our vision
CIVICA embodies our ambition, as forward-thinking higher education institutions, to assume our civic responsibility as Europeans towards both future European generations and the role of Europe in the world. Together with our CIVICA partners, we aim to:
Deepen and expand activities in key areas such as education, research, service to society, innovation and lifelong learning.
Develop a diverse and inclusive CIVICA community.
Establish CIVICA's lead role in the social sciences with further global outreach.
Set up a framework for sustainable institutional cooperation.
“Through our membership of CIVICA we intend to forward joint research projects, faculty collaborations, enhance student experience, innovate on our pedagogy, and foster new alliances and collaborations both within and outside of Europe. In these extraordinary times of turbulence, it is important to reaffirm our commitment to university collaboration and to the project of European integration.”
Manuel Muñiz, Provost of IE University
Our mission
CIVICA will continue to serve local and global communities, defend core European values, foster environmental sustainability, and advance policy-relevant research in the social sciences. Yet, the focus will remain on the alliance’s internal communities.
Between autumn 2022 and autumn 2026, thousands of students and (post)doctoral researchers are expected to benefit from enhanced mobility, new and expanded joint educational offers, and Europe-wide opportunities for civic engagement and extracurricular activities.
Our ultimate mission is to create bridges between academia and civil society, and to support policymakers in designing effective policy responses.
