Running 20 – 24 October 2025 at the Technical University of Košice, Ulysseus Košice Week is set to be the alliance’s flagship multi-event of the year, packaging twenty back-to-back activities into one vibrant programme and marking 5th anniversary of Ulysseus European University.
Running 20 – 24 October 2025 at the Technical University of Košice, Ulysseus Košice Week is set to be the alliance’s flagship multi-event of the year, packaging twenty back-to-back activities into one vibrant programme and marking 5th anniversary of Ulysseus European University.
Alongside high-level governance meetings, including the Ulysseus Summit, the week brings together ten internal project sessions, specialized workshops, and student assemblies. At the same time, it opens its doors to the wider community through four flagship public events: the Ulysseus R&I Conference – Navigating Pathways: Digital Transformation of Industry, the Ulysseus Innovation Hub Presentation at TUKE – Connecting R&I for Digital Transformation; the Inclusion in Action Forum – Bridging Academia and Society through Ulysseus European University, and the Creative Playgrounds Art-and-Science Event.
By blending strategic project work with outward-facing forums on digitalisation, entrepreneurship, inclusion and the arts, Ulysseus Košice Week will transform Košice into a living laboratory of Ulysseus research, innovation and civic engagement, showcasing the alliance’s impact across Europe.
UlySA Bootcamp is a five-day mobility camp for twenty students from Ulysseus Student Association (UlySA). The aim of the bootcamp is to create a sense of belonging to the same European community and to deepen the impact of students not only within the Ulysseus Alliance, but also beyond, by supporting their active European citizenship.
In addition to developing their intercultural understanding, students from five different countries will have the opportunity to learn about how the European Union works and how they can actively participate in and influence European policy, especially in higher education. Meeting of UlySA bodies (Student Assembly and Steering Committee) will be part of the bootcamp.
Ulysseus Summit 2025 marks the second summit of the alliance’s second phase, offering a valuable opportunity to representatives from across Ulysseus to discuss policies and ensure alignment with alliance strategic goals. The summit is structured in the main Summit day (plenary sessions) and 16 parallel sessions (top-governance and strategic meetings, taskforces meetings, thematic-focused sessions and meeting of Ulysseus Student Asssociation (UlySA) bodies).
Registration opens in 25 August 2025.
The Ulysseus Košice Week is organised by Ulysseus European University and hosted by the Technical University of Košice in Slovakia.
Founded in 1952 and now spanning nine faculties and more than 12 000 students, the Technical University of Košice (TUKE) is Slovakia’s largest technical university. It is a proud member of Ulysseus European University since 2020. Located on a 43-hectare green campus within walking distance of Košice’s historic Old Town, TUKE combines advanced laboratories, teaching facilities, cafés and relaxing spaces, providing an integrated environment for study, research and extracurricular activities such as hackathons, concerts and engineering competitions. Innovation pulses through the on-site University Science Park TECHNICOM, where the TUKE Startup Centre, Incubator and European Digital Innovation Hub CASSOVIUM fast-track ideas from prototype to market and anchor the region’s start-up ecosystem.
Košice —Slovakia’s second-largest city—pairs eight centuries of history with a distinctly youthful edge. First chronicled in 1230 and proudly bearing Europe’s oldest municipal coat of arms, granted by King Louis the Great in 1369, its Gothic jewel St Elisabeth Cathedral dominates a pedestrian Old Town lined with cafés and galleries. Today the city is a thriving university city: three universities with the Technical University of Košice as the biggest one attract almost 20,000 students, fuelling a lively café culture, start-up scene and nightlife that spill onto Hlavná Street every evening. Named European Capital of Culture in 2013, Košice hosts year-round festivals—from contemporary art showcases to Europe’s oldest Peace Marathon—ensuring visitors can dive into concerts, exhibitions and street performances on any given week.
Košice in short:
• the second largest city in Slovakia (250,000 inhabitants)
• 3 universities (21,000 students)
• European Capital of Culture 2013
• UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts 2018
• European Volunteering Capital 2019
• the oldest marathon in Europe and the third oldest worldwide
• the largest preserved municipal area in Slovakia
