PAR Business Camp 2024: Green & Digital Innovation in Action
PAR Business Camp 2024 gathered over 50 students from across Europe for a one-week Erasmus+ BIP focused on the green economy. Held in Rijeka during Global Entrepreneurship Week, the camp combined lectures, workshops, and team challenges under the theme ”Green and Digital: Human Footprints”. Participants explored sustainable business models and environmental impact through a dual education approach, blending academic insight with real-world problem solving, international collaboration, and entrepreneurial skill-building.
Carousel Week 2025
The Blended Intensive Program (BIP) 2025, themed “Industry 4.0: Optimization of the Value Chain,” took place from March 31 to April 4, 2025. Hosted by the FH JOANNEUM, Institute Industrial Management, this program aimed to foster intercultural understanding and provide new insights into industrial engineering studies. Students from the Netherlands, Finland, France, Germany, the Slovak Republic, and Lithuania gathered to explore the latest trends and solutions for optimizing the value chain.
Environmental Technologies BIP in Germany
An intensive one-week BIP in Germany where students explored environmental technologies through company visits, expert lectures and collaborative international teamwork. The programme offered a practical, short-term mobility experience within the EU4Dual Alliance, allowing participants to apply engineering knowledge in real industrial contexts.
KUT-SAVONIA Coil Project in Language Learning (March 2025)
This Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project between KUT and Savonia aimed to enhance students’ language skills and teamwork in an international environment. Participants joined online meetings and collaborated in smaller groups. Their final task was to create audio or video presentations on logistics-related topics, such as automation and international team management, fostering cross-cultural competence and knowledge exchange.
Stock Exchange School Courses for Students (April – June 2025)
Koszalin University of Technology (KUT), in collaboration with the Warsaw Stock Exchange Foundation, launched its Stock Exchange School. The program offers hybrid courses—’Investment Basics’ and ‘Stock Exchange for Intermediate Investors’—aimed at spreading financial knowledge. The initiative links financial education with the principles of sustainable development and socially responsible investing (SRI), supporting the Green Economy (GE) cluster. Graduates receive microcredentials from KUT.
First EU4Dual Partner Labs Internship Exchange
As part of the EU4Dual alliance, ESTIA welcomed Margarita, a student from Savonia University of Applied Sciences, for the alliance’s first research internship exchange. Hosted by ESTIA’s Research Department, Margarita contributed to the development and deployment of a device designed for optimizing water irrigation systems, combining technical innovation with sustainability-focused research. The experience marked a significant milestone for cross-border student mobility and international research cooperation.
Questioning our learning process through engineering integrating a sustainability approach
This initiative designs educational content according to a defined set of specifications, with the aim of improving the learning process for both students and teachers. In this context, we integrate environmental and social considerations from the very beginning of the instructional design process. The objective is to create a coherent set of teachings delivered through various formats, fostering a new generation of engineers focused on the green economy and sustainable innovation.
Empowering Mobility: Paving New Pathways for Professional Growth
Between May 12-16, 2025, nursing students attended a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) in Kuopio, Finland. The mobility focused on patient safety in surgical nursing, combining academic learning with cultural immersion. Students engaged in hands-on sessions (patient positioning, airway management) and visited local hospitals for real-world insights. Collaboration with peers from Finland, Austria, and Slovenia enriched the experience, fostering valuable international professional connections.
Staff Week on Sustainability and Well-Being in the Workplace
FH JOANNEUM’s 2025 Staff Week on Sustainability and Well-Being in the Workplace hosted 31 participants from 17 countries. The event, opened by Birgit Hernády and Bernadette Triebl-Wurzinger, featured sustainability discussions and a sustainable Graz city tour, alongside well-being sessions, including movement and meditation. Participants also visited the Bad Gleichenberg campus and the Zotter Chocolate Factory to learn about sustainable production. It fostered valuable insights for creating healthy, sustainable workplaces.
Learning Together – Reflecting Together: How Can Health Be Promoted in a Rural Context?
SAVONIA University of Applied Sciences and FH JOANNEUM, partners in the EU4Dual alliance, conducted their first Blended Intensive Program (BIP) in the summer semester of 2025 with UCAM University. Focused on health promotion in rural primary care, the program involved students from over ten countries. Preparations began in December 2023, with monthly online meetings throughout 2024. The BIP included virtual kick-offs, on-site presentations, case studies, and field excursions. Students applied health promotion methods and participatory