We operate as a high trust platform wanting to learn with and from each other by sharing our struggles and weaknesses and our strengths and resources. Aurora is a platform of intensive collaboration and co-creation between all members of its various communities: university leaders, students, administrators, teachers, and academics alike. This, in return, enhances the synergy both within and between the Aurora universities collectively.

We want to equip our graduates with the skills and mindset needed to take responsibility and initiative in their work and life. Therefore, we help our students to develop their willingness and ability to tackle society’s problems in a socially entrepreneurial and innovative way. We do this within the realms of our pilot domains: Sustainability & Climate Change, Digital Society & Global Citizenship, Health & Well-being, and Culture: Diversity & Identity. As a close-knit group of universities, our geographical focus is on Europe, and we are committed to the contribution that European universities can and should make to the prosperity and well-being of Europe. But as globally operating research-intensive universities, we define our constituencies at local, regional, and global levels. We welcome and embrace partners at each level.