Join forces and create real impact
Welcome to the ECIU University Challenge platform!
The ECIU University is a European university where learners, teachers and researchers cooperate with society and businesses to solve real-life challenges. Together, we create, test and evaluate a whole new educational pedagogy – challenge based learning.
Learn more about the ECIU University.
Real-life challenges are worth solving because of economic or societal leverage, they also provide a stimulating environment for in depth learning, experimenting with problem-solving skills and innovative competences to develop practical solutions.
ECIU University provides the opportunity for challenge-based learning in a multidisciplinary international setting, imagine the possibilities!
Engage in solving challenges
- Work in multidisciplinary and international teams.
- Engage with business companies and societal partners across Europe.
- Tackle local, national and global problems with a help of a novel, challenge-based learning model.
Join micro-modules
- Fill in the skill and knowledge gab in a particular area, for example, energy and sustainability, circular economy.
- Develop transversal skills, for example, intercultural communication.
- Learn foreign languages.
Choose your path
ECIU University for you

I am a learner
Choose a challenge that intrigues you and you get paired up with others that also thrive for the challenge.

I am an interested partner
With an interest to develop a challenge and get to work on that challenge with a special team of students
If you're an interested visitor keen to learn more about the results of our ECIU approach, please register and feel free to peep.
Interested?
Develop & learn
Where traditional approaches are based on first learn and then apply, ECIU University offers starts from the challenge and helps you to understand the needs, to analyse what knowledge the team is missing to come to a solution and supports the team to acquire the nescessary know-how and competences to come to their solution and a pathway to implement.
Have a look at some of our previous projects or contact one of our teamchers at your nearest ECIU partner University.

Common questions
It’s normal to have questions.
Any questions regarding participation in the challenges? Please write to us: challenges@eciu.org
For your convenience we have listed all frequently asked questions here!
To participate in the ECIU University community, please register
To contribute to a specific challenge, you have to 'apply for a position' in a project team. Each challenge will have a specific period in which it is open for application.