Unite! Research School: an European week dedicated to research
The second edition of the Unite! Research School will take place from 03 to 07 November 2025 in Autrans, near Grenoble. This unique event will bring together master's and doctoral students with researchers and industry leaders from across Europe for an unforgettable experience.
The programme will highlight some of today's most critical and captivating topics, including space and technology, biology, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. It will also explore the soft skills needed by aspiring scientists.
This course is a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP), the completion of which results in the award of 3 ECTS to master students and 30 hours of training to doctoral ones. Activities will include workshops, panel discussions, collaborative research challenges and visits to research structures in Grenoble. Registration is free and includes accommodation and meals from 03 to 07 November 2025. Additional funding may be available through an Erasmus+ grant.
Applications close on 30 July 2025.
Programs and activities for students
As a student of one of the 9 partner universities, you’re a Unite! student.
Think: easy pathways to courses, joint programmes and exciting extracurricular activities and collaborations.
Unite! is packed with opportunities to grow, internationalise, and connect with fellow students across Europe.Unite! offers courses and joint programmes on technology, multi-disciplinary topics, languages, and culture. We also provide funding for building extra-curricular activities with other Unite! students.
Note: Applicants should check with their home university to ensure that the ECTS specified are recognised in their own study programme.
Programs and activities for staff
Language Tandems for Faculty and Staff
On the Language Tandem Platform, you can find and connect with a language tandem partner to improve your target language skills, and connect with colleagues who want to learn about your language and culture.
If you are faculty or staff of one of the 9 Unite! partner universities, then you are already part of the Unite! community!
Whatever your position within Unite! universities, you can find something of interest for teachers and researchers, administrative and technical staff and young researchers.
What can you do?
As a member of Unite!, you'll find yourself inspired by others to improve your work, sharing knowledge and best practices with academics and staff from all over Europe, and collaborating with research groups to complement your projects.
From innovative pedagogical methodologies to transforming teaching, learning, and research at universities, Unite! is your gateway to gaining international experience and forging new connections.
Stay updated with our curated annual training program, offering a range of opportunities to promote staff well-being and growth.
- Training Catalogue
- Mobility Abroad
- Meet you Peers
- Post-Doctoral Researchers' Career Corner
- Research and Innovation Services
Ciências at Unite!
The Faculty of Sciences actively participates, through the University of Lisbon, in the initiative Unite! - University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering, an Alliance of European Universities (nine for the time being) with the aim of continuing the creation of a European Higher Education Space, which, through a new generation of Europeans, committed to transnational, transdisciplinary and multilingual cooperation, will be able to address major societal challenges, thus contributing to affirming Europe's leadership as a knowledge space.
- Digital Campus: Hugo Miranda
- Diversity, Inclusion and Well-being: Cláudio Pina Fernandes
- Innovative Teaching and Learning: Nuno Matela
- Flexible Educational Offering: Nuno Matela
- Doctoral Education for Research and Innovative and Society: Ana Prata / Killian Lobato
- An Open Inovative Community for Green Transition: Jorge Maia Alves / Margarida Santos-Reis
- Strategic Outreach, Impact and Dissemination: Pedro Almeida
- One of the 17 European University Building Pilot Projects funded by the European Commission for the triennium 2019-21
- Aims to motivate a new generation of European students through a comprehensive education, extending to a broad spectrum of disciplines such as arts, design, business, humanities and social sciences, in addition to the common core in science and engineering, which was at the basis of its creation
- Plans to create a network of European universities, which will enable its students to obtain a degree combining studies in several EU countries - to this end, it will develop a holistic approach to mobility (virtual and physical) with flexible study paths, joint curricula and integrated mobility for students of all levels
- Will create a joint physical and virtual campus for the development of trans-European educational pathways, based on innovative inter-university teams and sharing their teaching, research and innovation resources
- Will pioneer new concepts of education through innovative pedagogies as well as by promoting joint doctoral studies involving teaching, research, innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Unite! is a strategic, dynamic and inclusive European University Alliance in the fields of innovation, technology and engineering, based on shared values, a common vision and mutual trust.
- Mobility for all students, extending to new short-term programmes, summer schools and joint programmes
- Mobility for all employees, including thematic weeks and a pilot teaching community that will test innovative teaching processes
- Virtual campus, including a digital platform for mobility, virtual spaces and online tools
- Teaching and Learning Academy, to help teachers and students develop models for flexible study paths and innovative education
- Trans-regional network for innovation and entrepreneurship, including sharing of local and regional education, support services for future entrepreneurs and contributing to the development of regional development strategies.