MCI becomes part of the European University UlyssEUS

Together with the universities of Seville, Spain, Côte d'Azur, France, Genoa, Italy, the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia (TUKE) and Haaga-Helia University in Helsinki, Finland, the MCI is part of an alliance that spans the whole of Europe.

95 associated partner organisations have supported the European University ULYSSEUS application. These include the governments of all six participating regions and all six cities. In addition to the Province of Tyrol and the City of Innsbruck, numerous civil society and business organisations have supported the MCI's application with the European University Ulysseus.

Future students will experience a Europe-wide networked university campus in the coming years. The relevant preparations are now being put in place for the joint degree programmes and research activities with a joint digital platform, joint management structures and a joint international office at the Innsbruck site.

MCI students will then be students of the European University Ulysseus at the same time. Teachers and researchers will develop solutions for their regions and cities with their colleagues from all universities in the alliance. In a first step, innovation platforms will be set up on the following topics:

Healthy ageing and well-being,
Energy, transport and mobility
Tourism and cultural heritage
Digitalisation
Artificial Intelligence
Food technology and the circular economy

Voices:

Dr Bernhard Tilg, Chairman of the MCI General Assembly, Provincial Councillor for Health, Science, Care and Senior Citizens: "The MCI is a beacon in the domestic higher education landscape and, with now more than 12,000 graduates and numerous practical and research projects, a formative institution for the business and higher education location. We are very pleased to see the MCI as part of the UlyssEUS Alliance."

Georg Willi, Mayor of Innsbruck: "I am very pleased that our "Entrepreneurial University" - the MCI - has been part of the new European university network "UlyssEUS" from the very beginning. On the one hand, this is a sign of the excellence and international reputation of the Management Center Innsbruck, and on the other hand, it also offers an additional opportunity for our students. Innsbruck will certainly benefit from this cooperation: as a university city, as a research location, but also as the subject of the research carried out there. After all, the development of innovative solutions for cities and regions is at the heart of the joint research interest."

MCI Rector Andreas Altmann: "In UlyssEUS, six first-class European universities with different orientations are pooling their strengths and competences. As Rector of the MCI, I am very pleased about this success. We are in international competition, as a university as well as in relation to our economy and the labour market. I am convinced that within the framework of this European consortium we can achieve a great deal for the region, but ultimately also for Europe."