Founded in 2011, it aims to promote collaboration in research, education and innovation between European universities of science and technology.
[1] Today, the alliance focuses on five fields: artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, health and bioengineering, sustainability (including energy, climate, environment, and circular economy), and entrepreneurship and innovation.
[2][3] The current president of the alliance is Robert-Jan Smits (Eindhoven University of Technology).
When École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne followed in 2011, the EuroTech Universities Alliance was officially founded.
[4] École Polytechnique joined the alliance in 2018[5] and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 2019.