EUniWell – the European University for Well-Being

EUniWell (The European University for Well-Being) consists of eleven European universities that have entered into a strategic university-wide collaboration. Through collaboration within high-quality education and research, we want to contribute to an environment for the people of Europe and their global neighbours that creates opportunities for good education, social responsibility, health, inclusion, and diversity – all important factors to create well-being.

The eleven universities that are part of EUniWell are:

In addition, there is a network consisting of associated partners, including the municipalities of the cities in question, and a number of academic institutions and organisations within education, culture and health, as well as companies, that support EUniWell’s vision.

The photo at the top of the page is from the EUniWell Rectors' Assembly in Santiago de Compostela that took place on 5-7 May, 2025.
Photographer: Santi Alvite.

Common vision

Bringing together higher education institutions with a common vision, EUniWell will understand, improve, measure and rebalance the wellbeing of individuals, our own communities, our environment and society at large, at regional, European and global levels, based on our shared values of being democratic, inclusive, research and challenge-based, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, entrepreneurial and co-creative.

Focus areas

EUniWell’s focus areas are:

Health and Well-Being
Social Equality and Well-Being
Environmental Change and Well-being
Culture, Multilingualism and Well-being
Teacher Education and Well-being

EUniWell Ukrainian Fellowship

As part of the EUniWell response to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we are making available EUniWell Ukrainian Fellowships to Ukrainian academics and researchers displaced during the war.

The EUniWell Ukrainian Fellowships are available only to academics and researchers (postdoctoral level and higher) affiliated with the EUniWell member institution Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU).

Find out more about the Ukrainian Fellowship on the EUniWell website.

More information

More information about our partner universities

Inalco University, Paris, France, is a research university specialising in language-based area studies. Inalco has developed a unique expertise in contemporary languages and societies and a capacity for in-depth analysis based on field research, while continuing to adapt to a changing world in all its diversity and complexity.
Nantes University, France, is a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary university with 20 faculties in technology, humanities and sciences. It has a strong focus on excellence in teaching and research and two fields of priority in health and industry of the future. The University of Nantes is ranked amongst the top 200 universities that contribute the most actively to sustainable development objectives addressed by the United Nations (THE university impact rankings) and amongst the top 100 Reuters ranking for Europe most innovative universities.
Semmelweis University in Budapaest, Hungary, is a leading biomedical institution of higher education in Hungary and Central Europe. Education, research & innovation, and healthcare comprise the University’s three-pillar mission. Semmelweis University is the largest healthcare provider in Hungary and a regional centre of excellence in research and innovation in the field of life sciences.
Taras Shevchenko National University in Kiev, Ukraine, is Ukraine's largest national institution of higher education and recognised as one of the country's most prestigious. For almost two centuries, the university has combined quality education and modern science, tradition and innovation.
University of Birmingham, Great Britain, is ranked amongst the world’s top 100 institutions and is a member of the UK’s Russell Group of research-intensive universities. Its work brings people from across the world to Birmingham: leading researchers and teachers and more than 8,500 international students from over 150 countries.
University of Cologne, Germany, is one of the top comprehensive research universities in Germany and a member of the GermanU15 group. Cologne’s students come from 180 countries. Its 6 Faculties and 16 cross-faculty research and teaching centres ensure the high reputation of Cologne’s graduates for both research and the wider market. Among Cologne’s many internationally renowned research units are four Clusters of Excellence on Aging-associated Diseases, Public Policy and Markets, Plant Sciences and Matter and Light for Quantum Computing funded within the German Excellence Strategy.
University of Florence, Italy, is one of the most important Italian public comprehensive universities with a strong international vocation and a large number of “departments of excellence”. It is a top destination in Europe for Erasmus and has a particularly high number of enrolled international students. Unifi has over 400 cooperation agreements with universities and research centres in 89 different countries and a unique cooperation with the study abroad programme of Stanford, NYU, Syracuse and many of the other 43 US programmes in Florence.
University of Konstanz, Germany, is a university with innovation and cooperation at its centre, located in the triangle between Austria, Switzerland and Germany. It is one of eleven universities of excellence in Germany and stands for top-level research, excellence in teaching and learning, and a strong international orientation in all areas of the university.
University of Murcia, Spain, is a comprehensive university with over 32,000 students across 21 faculties and is internationally recognised for its disability services and social inclusion. The university is deeply committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and has been ranked among the top 100 universities in the world in four individual goals (THE university impact rankings 2022), three of which are closely linked to EUniWell's key arenas.
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, has over 25,000 students spread across two campuses in the two World Heritage sites of Santiago de Compostela and Lugo. It is a comprehensive university ranked among the world's top 500 universities (ARWU; 2022), as well as the best university in Spain in 2022 (Forbes) and in environmental sciences (Research.com).