First European Universities alliance completes EUA‑IEP evaluation

Through this evaluation, EUA‑IEP applied its improvement‑oriented approach to a European Universities alliance for the first time. It considers the alliance as a single entity, looking at how it articulates its vision, implements its strategy, monitors progress, ensures quality and prepares for sustainable cooperation beyond project funding. The evaluation took place from autumn 2025 to spring 2026, including on-site meetings at the University of Oviedo, the alliance’s coordinating institution.

The evaluation shows that this adapted methodology is highly effective in capturing both the achievements and the challenges of European Universities alliances and provides INGENIUM with a strong foundation for its ongoing strategic development. The report offers an in‑depth analysis of the alliance’s strengths and areas for enhancement in governance, teaching and learning, research, societal engagement and internationalisation.

Consult the full evaluation report

The report is publicly available on the Database of External Quality Assurance Results and the EUA‑IEP website, thereby contributing to greater transparency around alliance‑level quality assurance and offering a concrete reference for other European Universities alliances considering an EUA‑IEP evaluation.

As the first EUA-IEP evaluation of a European Universities alliance, the mutual learning derived from this pilot will feed into the programme’s further development of guidance for alliances as well as the ongoing adaptation and improvement of the evaluation process.

Founded in 2022, INGENIUM is a consortium of 10 European universities:

• University of Oviedo (Spain)
• Medical University of Sofia (Bulgaria)
• University of Crete (Greece)
• Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
• South Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
• University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti – Pescara (Italy),
• University of Skövde (Sweden)
• Munster Technological University (Ireland)
• University of Rouen-Normandy (France)
• Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi (Romania).