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
04 Dec 2025 - 09:54 UTC
The ULL promotes the internationalization of its Knowledge Transfer Office with European placements
December 1, 2025 - 10:30 UTC
The European Projects Office promotes the participation of research staff in international calls for proposals
November 26, 2025 - 14:19 UTC
The Minister of Universities visits the management team of the STARS EU alliance
25 Nov 2025 - 12:38 UTC
Francisco García: “The STARS EU alliance follows the European values of unity, diversity, knowledge and solidarity”
21 Nov 2025 - 14:10 UTC
The ULL hosts the meeting of the European alliance STARS EU, which will be attended by 170 people from eight countries
Calls
Date of modification: 04 Dec 2025 - 09:34 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.