CLUSTER
Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research is a collection of twelve European universities which focus on science and engineering. There are joint programs and student exchanges held between the universities. The focus of the network is courses and study programmes, the goal being to offer students attractive exchanges between the best institutes of technology in Europe, along with dual degree partnerships at second- and third-cycle level, joint funding applications for courses and study programmes, exchanges for benchmarking purposes and approaches to policy issues at EU level.
President of CLUSTER is Tanja Brühl, the president of the Technische Universität Darmstadt.
Mission
CLUSTER network aims at:- educating professionals to drive the development of paradigm shifting solutions to future societal challenges for the well-being of society and the global community.
- seeding innovation in sustainable use of natural resources and energy conversion and efficiency, combating climate change, providing solutions to health and well-being to create new jobs and prosperity.
- conducting visionary, forward looking research targeting the promotion of societal improvement and advancement through responsible use of science and technology.
- providing highest quality multidisciplinary agenda in M.Sc. and Ph.D. education by dual degrees and unique opportunities for exchange, research and entrepreneurship, including collaboration with top Chinese universities within the SEEEP network
- hosting an agile network for collaborative initiatives for highly competitive and successful funding for joint research and education
- implementing exchange of best practices for education, administration, campus development, strategy and professional training to support and nurture the continuous renewal of the CLUSTER community
- bringing together university presidents and leadership to enable proactive input to high-level european policy making
Activities
Members
Active members
The participating universities are:| University | Country |
| Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan | ' |
| Politecnico di Torino | ' |
| KU Leuven | ' |
| Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | ' |
| Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | ' |
| Grenoble Institute of Technology | ' |
| Instituto Superior Técnico | ' |
| Trinity College Dublin | ' |
| Aalto University | ' |
| TU Darmstadt | ' |
| Eindhoven University of Technology | ' |
| École Polytechnique de Louvain | ' |
| Polytechnic University of Catalonia |
Associate members
Although the number of Cluster members has remained stable over the years, the network is creating new connections with leading universities outside Europe. These associated members are:| University | Country |
| Polytechnique Montréal | |
| Tsinghua University | |
| Tomsk Polytecnic University | |
| University of São Paulo |