European Technological University (ETU)

As a University of Technology, our mission is first and foremost to serve society. Europe requires top-quality education for diverse groups, where talents translate into ability to act and react, experiment and invent, anticipate and transform. We em riment and invent, anticipate and transform. We empower our students to become technologically literate professionals and active European citizens. We ensure that they are well-qualified to enjoying rewarding careers playing a fruitful role in society, aware of the broader implications of technological development and of their responsibility towards global challenges. Everybody, regardless of background, should be able to study and succeed in our university. European research must be driven by the diverse needs of our regions, aware of the global challenges of our times and capable of having a true impact on people’s lives. We create knowledge connected with the economic, scientific, and political priorities of our respective regions, and in synergy with one another. The major transitions underway and the associated sociotechnical challenges require fresh thinking and new, ground breaking insights from the transversal research that we are striving to develop. Europe calls for universities deeply integrated in the socio-economic fabric of our continent. By working in close connection with public and private, local and multinational institutions and companies, we share our knowledge and know-how to generate value, products and services for everybody. We are a European university, locally anchored in each of our regions and globally connected. Our socio-cultural, linguistic, scientific, environmental, economic and territorial diversity, increases the effect of our concrete, bottom-up approach to support our regions, countries, and Europe. We are proud to make a difference that is direct, measurable and impactful. Our vision and mission are underpinned by the pivotal role that technology plays in forging an inclusive and sustainable future: humanity today faces challenges of unprecedented breadth such as climate change, overused resources, growing inequality, and the social consequences of the digital era. Answers to these challenges necessarily involve technology but they need to be multi-faceted. They must take into account the needs and aspirations of people and of our environment, they must be respectful of individual freedom and diversity. This can only be achieved by empowering technologically responsible citizens, and researchers who fully comprehend the potential of technology as well as the risks of neglecting its purpose. This requires a fundamentally new approach to technology and the training of people to foster it. It requires a new model of university. Together, we are preparing the future of Europe by building a pioneering institutional model for developing a radically human-centered model of technology.