What are the benefits of the European Pathway for lecturers?

The European Pathway is closely linked to the European university alliance EMERGE (Empowering the Margins of Europe through Regional and Global Engagement) and offers teaching staff a wide range of opportunities for international collaboration in teaching.

All EMERGE partner universities are introducing a European Pathway – either in teacher training or in the humanities and social sciences. Within EMERGE, courses can be jointly designed and delivered with partner universities. These include joint seminars, virtual exchange formats, and Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs), in which students and lecturers from different European countries work together. In this way, international learning environments are created that purposefully integrate diverse perspectives into teaching.

Teaching staff also have the opportunity to experiment with innovative teaching formats, integrate international content into existing modules, and further develop their teaching concepts through exchange with European colleagues. This collaboration not only enhances the quality of teaching, but also supports academic and didactic development.

In addition, EMERGE provides access to a Europe-wide network of universities that supports long-term partnerships, joint projects, and research-oriented teaching formats. This enables teaching staff to internationalise their teaching, gain new impulses, and offer students an expanded European learning experience.

The European Pathway thus creates a structured framework for sustainably embedding international teaching and actively shaping Europe as a shared educational space.

Examples of possible forms of collaboration:

• Individual joint online sessions involving two or more universities
• Joint in-person block seminars or field trips
• Joint online semester courses or student projects
• EUF online courses open to students from partner universities
• Joint development or exchange of teaching materials

EUF has compiled a detailed list of courses offered by EMERGE partner universities that are linked to the European Pathway. If you are interested in collaborating, please feel free to contact the EMERGE team. The International Center will be happy to offer further support.

List of European Pathway courses within the EMERGE alliance (intranet)

EUF course offer for different subject areas within the European Pathway

Presentation on the European Pathway for university staff and faculty, April 2026 (German only).