The European Commission has approved YUFEPULSE, the next phase of the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) Alliance under the European Universities Initiative. The project has been awarded €7.2 million in Erasmus+ funding, ensuring the continuation and further development of the Alliance’s activities,…
During this year’s Piernikalia festival, representatives of YUFE NCU had the opportunity to present the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) initiative carried out at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń to the academic community. As part of the…
The Vice Rector for International Relations at Nicolaus Copernicus University, Magdalena Barwiolek, is attending the 2026 Annual Conference of the European University Association (EUA) in Istanbul. Representing Rector Andrzej Tretyn, she participated in the EUA General Assembly, where key decisions…
BioYUFE is an initiative involving cooperation between scientists in the field of biology whose universities are members of the YUFE alliance. This initiative was the winner of the YUFE Outstanding Collaboration Award. Prof. Werner Ulrich, the project’s initiator, and Prof.…
The YUFE initiative “English for Entrepreneurship” launched in 2023, is aimed at law and economics students at universities belonging to the YUFE consortium. At its very core is international teamwork, through which participants develop their own unique business concepts. At…
On March 11, 2026, the recruitment of university staff for the Mental Health First Aid Program was closed. The program is aimed at individuals who have regular contact with students, graduate students, and other staff members. The training was created…
On 31 March 2026, a regular meeting of the YUFE team at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń took place. During the meeting, the Vice-Rector for International Relations, dr hab. Magdalena Barwiołek, prof. UMK, officially presented appointment letters to the Work Package (WP) leaders. The…
The Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) alliance offers access to international courses, skills development programmes, mobility opportunities and practice-oriented initiatives. YUFE enables students to combine different disciplines, universities and forms of learning — free of charge, as…
Applications are now open for the next edition of YUFE Research Relay—an initiative designed to support research collaboration and the joint preparation of competitive funding proposals under the Horizon Europe programme. Participants in the first edition unanimously agree that it…
The new joint Urban Sustainability Studies programme, implemented within the YUFE alliance, won an award in the Co-Create to Educate competition. The statuette was presented during the international conference Joint and Double Programmes in Europe, organised by the Foundation for…
