HEROES – a European University Alliance
Halmstad University is a member of the European University alliance HEROES. The goal of the collaboration is to strengthen the smart regional resilience of people, businesses and nature through quality professional education, impactful practice oriented scientific research and collaboration between like-minded partners.
About HEROES
Halmstad University is a proud member of the HEROES Alliance – a transnational alliance of nine professional higher education institutions from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Portugal, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.
HEROES is on a mission to strengthen the smart regional resilience of people, businesses and nature through providing high-quality professional education to students and lifelong learners, fostering practice-oriented scientific research, and maximising collaboration opportunities between stakeholders.
The alliance includes a new joint educational offer at bachelor, master and doctoral level with a strong link to practice, a challenge-based learning programme, a practice-oriented scientific research hub and flexible learning opportunities and a wide range of alternative learning pathways for working professionals.
HEROES Alliance Universities
- Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Belgium
- Fontys University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
- University College Northern Denmark, Denmark
- Polytechnic University of Beja, Portugal
- Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany
- Halmstad University, Sweden
- Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland
- Vilniaus Kolegija Higher Education Institution, Lithuania
- Mendel University, Czech Republic
The European Universities Initiative
The European Universities initiative is an ambitious EU initiative aimed at establishing alliances between higher institutions from all across Europe, for the benefit of their students, staff and society.
By developing long-term structural and strategic and sustainable cooperation between the higher education institutions in the European Universities alliances, the initiative aims to improve the international competitiveness of higher education institutions in Europe and promote European values and identity.
Through these alliances students can get a degree by combining studies in several European countries. The initiative has the potential to bring greater benefits to higher education institutions than any previous cooperation projects within Europe.
European Universities by The European Commission External link.

