CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences unites ten leading European higher education institutions in the social sciences, humanities, business management and public policy, with a total of 72,000 students & PhDs and 13,000 academic staff.
CIVICA is a European University Alliance that brings together 10 leading European universities: Bocconi University, Central European University, European University Institute, Hertie School, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Sciences Po, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
CIVICA is building the European university of the future by strengthening collaboration in education, research, innovation, and civic engagement across borders. The alliance offers high-quality teaching and learning, supports seamless student and staff mobility, tackles pressing societal challenges through interdisciplinary research, and serves as a model for transnational cooperation in higher education.
Selected in 2019 by the European Commission as one of the first pilot European Universities under the Erasmus+ programme, CIVICA entered its second phase of development in 2022 with continued funding through 2026. The alliance also benefits from national and transnational funding schemes, helping to advance its mission of transforming European higher education in the social sciences and humanities.
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Our history
2023
2022
October 2022
Official onboarding of the two new partners: SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Poland) and IE University (Spain).
The European Universities Initiative
The European Universities are transnational alliances that will become the universities of the future, promoting European values and identity, and revolutionising the quality and competitiveness of European higher education. Mainly funded under the Erasmus+ programme, the European Universities Initiative is one of the flagship activities introduced by the European Union in its ambition to build a European Education Area.
Following a first call for proposals, in June 2019 the European Commission selected 17 European Universities involving 114 higher education institutions from 24 member states. A second call in 2020 selected another 24 European University alliances consisting of 165 higher education institutions from 26 member states.
