HEROES – a European University Alliance
HEROES is on a mission to strengthen the smart regional resilience of people, businesses and nature through providing high-quality professional education to students and lifelong learners, fostering practice-oriented scientific research, and maximising collaboration opportunities between stakeholders.
Empowering education across Europe
The alliance includes a new joint educational offer at bachelor, master and doctoral level with a strong link to practice, a challenge-based learning programme, a practice-oriented scientific research hub and flexible learning opportunities, and a wide range of alternative learning pathways for working professionals.
HEROES stands for Higher Education for Resilience-Oriented and Empowered Societies. The alliance is part of the EU flagship European Universities initiative.
Together, we create innovative solutions boosting regional resilience
Knowledge is power. Resilience and innovation are superpowers.
- the HEROES slogan
HEROES equips its students, lifelong learners, lecturers, researchers and professional staff with a multidisciplinary set of entrepreneurial, transversal, intercultural, digital and green skills.
The ultimate purpose is to deliver hero-like human capital, knowledge, skills and competencies that strengthen the ability of citizens, communities, businesses, and natural environments to:
- withstand and cope with uncertainties, changes, or disturbances;
- bounce back better when these occur; and
- seize opportunities for healthier, more inclusive, and sustainable outcomes.
HEROES was launched on January 1, 2025.