Una Europa for students

Learn leadership skills, apply for summer schools abroad and connect with fellow students across the alliance with Una Europa student opportunities.

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Opportunities

The Data Science and AI Challenge for Social Welfare is an intensive, five-day programme designed for Una Europa doctoral and early-career researchers, across all disciplines, who are passionate about creating ethical and socially responsible AI solutions for social welfare.

Participants will work on real-world challenges and design AI tools that address important social issues, guided by the principles of AI for Good with a strong focus on ethics, bias, and human rights.


A unique opportunity to join the Una Europe community and gain some work experience in the Alliance’s central office, based in Brussels.

Current job opportunities:

  • Communications Internship (1)
  • Governance Internships (2)

Application deadline: 5 May 2025

These positions are only available to applicants with the right to work in Belgium. 


Doctoral researchers and supervisors: boost your interdisciplinary methods and research skills – and your impact!

This course is for candidates from social sciences, humanities and law domains who are working on topics related to global governance and Europe’s place in the world.


The third edition of the Una Europa Student Project Incubator invites you to act on real business cases. Put the research skills and knowledge you've gained from your studies into practice in international, interdisciplinary teams.

The course includes:

  • An introductory online session (3 hours in early June).
  • An intensive in-person program (5 days in Krakow, 13–20 July).

In addition, the Student Project Incubator Summer Programme offers a rich social and cultural programme, including visits to the Salt Mine and various facilities at Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie and a stay in the historic centre of the city.

Upon successful completion, participants will receive a certificate.

Funding is provided for students to attend. 


Let your imagination run free and get inspired by what heritage, culture and diversity mean to you and your university. Connecting European students and their cultural heritage is at the heart of our alliance, and through this contest, you can help us achieve that.

This is a platform to share your vision and creativity with the whole Una Europa community and give visibility to your voice and feelings. Showcase your ideas and experiences to the world by using your artistic mind to create a work of art that could be shared with students all over Europe.


This enthusiastic group of visionaries shape the role that the University of Edinburgh’s student body can play as half a million students come together to build a University of the Future. With the support of the University and the Brussels-based Una Europa team, responsibilities will include developing student-led events and workshops as well as shaping the broader work of the Alliance.​​​


In 2025 Una Europa will be hosting summer schools for doctoral researchers at our partner universities, as well as researchers from selected associated partners. Rooted in our alliance Focus Areas and co-organised by academics from across all 11 Una Europa universities, these joint intensive courses provide you with an interdisciplinary perspective on your research area, strengthen your core research skills, and build your professional network across Europe.

Applications are now closed to for the 2025 offering:

  • Summer School on Sustainable Food Systems, 2–6 June at Helsingin yliopisto/Helsingfors universitet
  • One Health Summer School, 16–20 June at Freie Universität Berlin
  • Future Materials and Technologies Summer School, 23–27 June at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Summer School, 7–11 July at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Funding for Edinburgh students is provided to support travel and subsistence.


The Una Europa Student Board comprises of two student representatives from each member university, acting as a unified voice for all students across our alliance. Amplifying student voices by meeting with key stakeholders across the alliance, from the Board of Directors and Project Steering Committee to bilaterals with staff. Members hold monthly meetings online and in person each year, during which they discuss pressing topics concerning student representation and steer the alliance to ensure that it is providing clear benefits for its collective student community.

Benefits and skill development 

  • Leadership - be the voice of Edinburgh students, presenting and working alongside University leaders
  • Collaborate - work closely with students and staff in the alliance, learning different perspectives and cultures
  • Professional experience - gain real-world experience in project development
  • Networking opportunities - travel to Una Europa universities at least once per year to participate in strategic meetings and events

Details

  • Post dates: March 2025 - April 2026
  • Time commitment: 2-4 hours per week

The next Una Europa Student Congress will take place at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in autumn 2025.

Sign up for our Una Europa student newsletter to get notified when applications open.


Consisting of five MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) which, once completed, award the learner with 10ECTS. After studying the introductory course, there are four additional courses covering the environmental, economic, and social aspects of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).


Student Mobility funding

If you are an Edinburgh student and have been selected for an Una Europa activity, you may be eligible to receive funding to participate.

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