Who are its members?
Thematic interest groups
STARS EU has identified the areas on which the alliance should focus its teaching and research activities, naming them Thematic Interest Groups (TIGs). These priority areas are:
- Circular economy
- Digital transition
- Energy transition
- Healthy aging
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
- Artistic and cultural industries
- Living Spaces
- Social inclusion and justice
- Sustainable Industry
Each of these TIGs has a lead institution and a co-lead institution. The University of La Laguna leads the energy transition group and co-leads the healthy aging group.
European University
The alliance STARS EU STARS EU applied to the European Commission's call to become a European University, according to the call promoted by the European Commission. It did so in July 2023, securing funding of almost €13 million to develop a four-year project to become a scientific and educational institution that connects the nine partner universities through teaching, research, and regional development activities. STARS EU is, therefore, one of the 65 existing alliances under this call, involving 570 higher education institutions from 35 countries.
With that vision, STARS EU It aims to take interinstitutional cooperation to the next level by testing various innovative and structural models across the four missions of higher education institutions: teaching, research, innovation, and service to society. It also seeks to create an open campus where students, faculty, researchers, staff, and other stakeholders can collaborate both physically and virtually.
News
June 24, 2026 - 13:27 UTC
A total of 56 members of STARS EU are perfecting their training in intellectual property at the ULL
June 15, 2026 - 12:35 UTC
The ULL presents the STARS EU communication at a conference on European universities
June 15, 2026 - 09:05 UTC
The ULL participates in a BIP on smart grids at the Krakow University of Technology
June 11, 2026 - 09:59 UTC
The ULL participates in Brussels in the debate on the future of European university alliances
May 29, 2026 - 12:36 UTC
STARS EU closes the European month of diversity with several actions in favor of more inclusive academic spaces
Notifications
14 Jan 2026 - 13:25 UTC
Resolution of the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization and Cooperation making public the final award of grants to participants in Combined Intensive Programs (BIPS) – STARS EU
07 Aug 2024 - 09:22 UTC
Resolution of the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization and Cooperation, granting direct subsidies to students and teaching staff of the University of La Laguna
Calls
Date of modification: 23 Jun 2026 - 12:25 UTC
Call for applications for the selection of ULL teaching and research staff for the organization of Combined Intensive Programs (BIPs) – STARS EU
Date of modification: 18 Jun 2026 - 12:26 UTC
Call for financial aid for participants in combined intensive programs (BIPs) belonging to the catalog of the European university alliance STARS EU
Date of modification: 16 Jan 2026 - 09:37 UTC
Call for financial aid for participants in combined intensive programs (BIPs), belonging to the catalog of the European alliance of universities STARS EU.
Modification date: 27 Aug 2025 - 06:28 UTC
Call for financial aid for participants in combined intensive programs (BIPs) belonging to STARS EU to cover the costs of physical mobility.
Modification date: 20 Oct 2025 - 11:39 UTC
Resolution 11/2025 of the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization and Cooperation, which calls for the selection of ULL teaching and research staff for the organization of Combined Intensive Programs (BIPs) belonging to the catalog of the European Alliance of Universities (STARSEU).
Modification date: 22 Jan 2025 - 14:27 UTC
Resolution 98/2024 of the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization and Cooperation announcing two combined intensive programs (BIPS) belonging to the catalog of the European university alliance STARS EU.
Modification date: 15 Jul 2024 - 21:50 UTC
Call for public tenders for three staff positions under the Erasmus+ StarsEU project.