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European University alliances from North Rhine-Westphalia pave the way for exchange and cooperation May 2024 - ATHENA and the University of Siegen, together with eight other universities and their European university alliances from North Rhine-Westphalia, hosted an event on May 15, 2024 to discuss the potential benefits of European university alliances for the region. (English). | |
| Apply for ATHENA's European Master EMINENT February 2024 - ATHENA’s new Erasmus Mundus Master’s programme EMINENT (European Master on Embedded Intelligence Nanosystems Engineering) is now open for application. Students begin their studies in October 2024 (English). |
| A new season of ATHENA opportunities September 2023 - The new academic year at the ATHENA European University holds countless opportunities for students and staff across nine universities in Europe (English). |
| First meeting of ESN ATHENA in Lublin May 2023 - From 10 to 12 May, a team of representatives from Erasmus Student Network Siegen and ATHENA European University participated for the University of Siegen in the inauguration event of ESN ATHENA in Poland (English). |
ATHENA and the University of Siegen exhibit at the Hannover Messe April 2023 - From 17 to 21 April, ATHENA represented the University of Siegen at the Hannover Messe, the largest industrial trade fair in the world. As one of 19 exhibitors, the university contributed to the joint stand of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (English). | |
FabLabs launching international partnership December 2022 - FabLabs, Makerspaces, and Design Factories from ATHENA partners are launching a new European partnership. The goal is to provide greater access to the creative workshops at the national and international levels (English). | |
Productive exchange and new ideas for ATHENA European University October 2022 - From 3 to 5 October, representatives of ATHENA European University and its associated partners met at the Instituto Politécnico in Porto for the Management and Rector's Meeting (English). | |
European Researchers' Night 2022 October 2022 - In the context of the European Researchers' Night 2022, ATHENA presents research projects of students and doctoral candidates from the partner universities (English). | |
ATHENA Visiting Researcher Programme August 2022 - The University of Orléans, together with Le Studium Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies, offers once again the ATHENA Visiting Researcher Programme for researchers with at least five years of research experience (English). | |
ATHENA Management Meeting at Hellenic Mediterranean University June 2022 - At the management and rector's meeting in Crete, the partner universities prepared the project extension and welcomed two new universities to the consortium (English). | |
ATHENATHON 2022 - Strengthening the community with sport June 2022 - This year - starting on Europe Day - from 9 May to 9 June 2022, the ATHENATHON took place for the second time and was a great success! The ATHENATHON is an open and non-competitive sports event of all seven universities of ATHENA (English). | |
ATHENA connects international universities to regional industry May 2022 - Representatives of the seven universities of ATHENA met regional companies at the newly opened Campus Buschhütten on 4 May 2022 to discuss cooperation and joint research projects (English). | |
ATHENA invited to Campus Europa March 2022 - In the February episode of the DAAD-Podcast "Campus Europa", representatives from ATHENA talk about strengthening European regions through cooperations with companies and industry (German). | |
| Round-table debate about the future of the European University Initiative March 2022 - On 28 February, representatives from ATHENA discussed together with high-ranking guests the challenges and future of the European University Initiative (English). Photo: Université d'Orléans. |
ATHENA Research Book (Vol. 1): Call for Papers and Contributions January 2022 - The Call for Papers and Contributions for volume 1 of the ATHENA Research Book has been published (English). | |
ATHENA seminar "Interlinking with regional stakeholders" November 2021 - On 30 November 2021, the University of Siegen invited to the seminar "Interlinking with regional stakeholders: how can European University alliances integrate industrial innovation ecosystems?" (English). | |
ATHENA partners meet at the University of Maribor October 2021 - From 27 September to 1 October 2021, the rectors and coordinators of the ATHENA universities came together at the University of Maribor. They discussed future cooperation and signed a joint declaration between the project partners (English). | |
Aus 11.000 wurden 29.000 Kilometer durch Europa May 2021 - A press release about an intermediate status of the ATHENATHON organised by ATHENA European University (German). | |
Gemeinsam 11.000 Kilometer durch Europa April 2021 - A press release about the start of the ATHENATHON organised by ATHENA European University (German). | |
European Universities Initiative factsheet - ATHENA February 2021 - The European Commission factsheet about ATHENA - Advanced Technology Higher Education Network Alliance (English). | |
Deutsche Hochschulen bringen Vernetzung voran July 2020 - Press release No. 096/2020 of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in cooperation with the DAAD (German). | |
Europäische Hochschulnetzwerke (EUN) Nationale Initiative - ATHENA Mai 2020 - The DAAD factsheet about ATHENA - Advanced Technology Higher Education Network Alliance (English). |