APP-Factory Meeting — Shaping the Alliance’s Joint Master Degrees and Pedagogical Conference
Event type: Working meeting
Dates: 29 September – 1 October 2026 (three working days)
Location: On-site — Santarém Polytechnic University, Portugal
Organised by: Work Package 2 (ACE²-EU), led by Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain, hosted by Santarém Polytechnic University, Portugal
Deadline for registration: 20 September 2026, 23:59 CET
Certificate: Yes
ACE²-EU is a European Universities Alliance committed to building an integrated academic community founded on shared standards and a joint educational offer. This three-day on-site working meeting brings together WP2 members and institutional representatives to advance the design of the Alliance’s Joint Master Degrees and to shape the forthcoming pedagogical conference.
Application deadline
This working meeting aims to:
- Advance the design of the Alliance’s Joint Master Degrees — from needs analysis and graduate competencies (EQF Level 7) to the joint curriculum, ECTS and mobility.
- Shape the ACE²-EU Pedagogical Conference of January 2027 — its vision, structure and programme.
- Review and adjust the procedures that support joint programme development, drawing on the Central Support Team framework.
- Agree a work plan for the teaching staff who will develop and deliver the joint programmes.
- Reach shared decisions across the WP2 group and consolidate them into a clear roadmap and distribution of tasks.
WP2 members and institutional representatives from the ACE²-EU partner universities involved in joint programme design and the pedagogical conference. Each partner university is invited to designate up to two participants.
The programme runs over three working days and combines parallel work in two thematic groups (Joint Degree Group; Pedagogical Conference Group) with plenary sessions to hear all views and reach consensus.
Day 1 (29/09/2026) — Foundations: what a joint degree is and the European Degree Label, needs analysis and rationale (Joint Degree Group); vision, framework and content of the pedagogical conference (Pedagogical Conference Group).
Day 2 (30/09/2026) — Design & decisions: graduate competencies, curriculum, ECTS and mobility, plus the Central Support Team process (Joint Degree Group); programme, logistics and communication (Pedagogical Conference Group).
Day 3 (01/10/2026) — Consolidation & closing: turning agreements into work plans and procedures, distribution of tasks and next steps; the meeting closes at 15:00.
Methodology is participatory: working materials are circulated in advance and the outcomes of Day 3 are shared with all participants by email.
Register here: https://forms.gle/1HKii4Tq2anhPfL7A (deadline 20/09/2026, 23:59 CET). Please register as early as possible so the host can plan the logistics.
Participants must attend the full session and contribute to collaborative tasks. Attendance for either two or three days is possible. Participants are expected to take an active part in the group work; the third day is dedicated to consolidation and closing, and its outcomes are circulated by email.
- A shared design for the Alliance’s joint master degrees.
- A concrete plan for the January pedagogical conference.
- Agreed, QA-aligned procedures and a joint work plan.
WP2 coordination — Chelo Pérez, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain (chelo.perez@ufv.es)
Host — Santarém Polytechnic University: Perpétua Santos Silva (perpetua.silva@ese.ipsantarem.pt) and Cristina Novo (cristina.novo@ese.ipsantarem.pt)
Materials for publication: Agenda (attached / to be uploaded); registration form: https://forms.gle/1HKii4Tq2anhPfL7A