Una Europa is a powerful alliance dedicated to connecting you with a European community through innovative learning opportunities and a platform for collaboration and networking. As a doctoral researcher, you can delve into our wide array of international opportunities designed to enhance your academic career. We currently focus on six multi-disciplinary academic areas:
Connect with doctoral researchers from our 11 partner institutions in summer and winter schools, symposiums and workshops to expand your international academic network and gain new perspectives on your research.
Summer and Winter Schools
These intensive joint courses offer an interdisciplinary approach to your research, enhancing skills and expanding your professional network across Europe. Una Europa summer/winter schools hosted by our partner universities provide international educational experiences, learning opportunities from distinguished academics across diverse disciplines, and foster multidisciplinary approaches in research. You have the opportunity to connect with fellow doctoral researchers and academics while exploring new universities, cities, and cultures through enriching social and cultural programs.
Doctoral Programme in Cultural Heritage
Una Europa Doctoral Programme in Cultural Heritage offers a widely recognized joint/double European doctoral title, mandatory supervision by professors from two partner universities, required stays at multiple Una Europa partners, jointly developed content for skills enhancement, and unified structures for admission and assessment.
Challenge yourself by getting involved in collaborative problem-solving activities and challenges, like interdisciplinary training methods courses, the annual Student Award, PhD Impact Award, or Student Project Incubator, or apply for traineeships at Una Europa vzw in Brussels.
Interdisciplinary Methods training:
Boost your interdisciplinary methods and research skills – and your impact! Doctoral researchers will learn techniques and methods to critically address complex challenges, and strengthen the connection between your research and policy.
PhD Impact Award:
The Una Europa PhD Impact Award is designed to highlight the significant contributions and potential influence of research conducted by doctoral researchers within Una Europa. This annual award encourages doctoral researchers to critically evaluate their research practices, emphasizing how their work affects society and contributes to global progress.
Una Europa PhD Impact Award 2025 | Una Europa (call open until 14 September 2025)
Student Award:
The Student Award is an annual call to recognise and showcase student visions, ideas, and creativity towards reinventing the university and building a University of the Future.
"As a PhD researcher who has spent several years abroad, I wanted to create something that could have a broader impact on supporting undergraduate and postgraduate students to advance their future careers in academia. "
Kiira Sarasjärvi, doctoral researcher at Helsingin yliopisto/Helsingfors universitet
Introducing the Una Europa Student Award | Una Europa
Project Incubator
The Una Europa Student Project Incubator offers you the opportunity to develop your project development skills, network and collaborate with your peers across Europe, and gain experience in creating projects and initiatives that address real-life issues.
Introducing the Una Europa Student Project Incubator | Una Europa
Take part in activities like the annual Student Congress or the European Student Assembly to explore themes relevant to your academic journey. Additionally, you can join the Local Task Force of students and PhD researchers to help develop Una Europa events and activities at your university.
Student Congress
The Una Europa Student Congress is an annual, in-person event bringing students from across our partner universities together to connect, learn new skills, and bring their visions to Una Europa.
Introducing the Una Europa Student Congress | Una Europa
European Student Assembly
ESA is a grassroots project gathering students from European Universities alliances to debate current issues, draft policy recommendations to shape the future of Europe, and advocate for them to their peers as well as key decision-makers.
Local Task Force of Students and PhD researchers
Being a member in the local task force here at the University of Helsinki means that you will join a team of motivated and enthusiastic students and PhD researchers! We are open for all backgrounds and study fields and levels of study. Currently we’re a mix of both international and Finnish students and range from bachelor to master to PhD students. We meet every other week and plan activities, events, brainstorm and implement activities.
Are you interested in Una Europa opportunities? Be in touch with us, and be the first one to know about different activities!