Since 2025, HTW Berlin has been part of the European University Alliance EUonAIR. This marks the beginning of a new chapter: one that brings together our existing internationalization efforts with new ideas and encourages us to look beyond the borders of our own institution. The goal is clear: all members of HTW Berlin – students, teachers and staff – should benefit from the opportunities offered by the European University and see themselves as active contributors to the European community.

It means thinking about education not only locally, but at a European scale. With the “European Universities” initiative, the EU supports alliances of European universities. These alliances build a European (virtual) campus, jointly offer online courses, develop curricula, enhance virtual mobility and bring students and researchers together across borders. In this context, students and researchers from across Europe work together to address the societal challenges of our time, across institutional and national boundaries.

As of 2025, 65 alliances are co-funded by the EU – bringing together almost 650 universities from 36 countries. They are supported by more than 2,200 associated partners from civil society, business and politics. In Germany, 67 universities – including 18 universities of applied sciences – are involved. HTW Berlin is the only university of applied sciences in Berlin participating in an alliance.
As part of EUonAIR, HTW Berlin is actively shaping the European university landscape, contributing its strengths in technology, economics and, above all, artificial intelligence. It places particular emphasis on social responsibility and the ethical issues associated with the use of AI.

In this process, the International Office plays a central role. Many threads come together here: mobility, virtual exchange (COILs and BIPs), university agreements and student counselling. The International Office bundles, coordinates and makes visible the tasks for which HTW Berlin is responsible within the alliance.

The coordinators Sarah Marx and Anne Hübinger work on making international education accessible to all. For students, lecturers and staff, it should become a natural part of everyday university life – whether it is a stay abroad in France, a virtual project with partners in Spain, or a joint AI course with the Polish partner university. EUonAIR opens up diverse pathways to experience Europe through teaching and learning. With various formats in which virtual mobility and short-term stays abroad play a significant role, participation in international learning becomes much more accessible.

EUonAIR aims to help prepare HTW Berlin and Europe for the future: more connected, more digital, more sustainable. Artificial intelligence will shape all areas of education, research and society. An alliance like EUonAIR provides the foundation for this by pooling knowledge, sharing expertise and educating young people for a rapidly changing world.
For HTW Berlin, this European cooperation is a commitment. Universities must be places that are open, diverse and international. Places where people from different countries and disciplines come together, exchange ideas and overcome boundaries – not only to study, but to shape the future.