MDU – Member of the SUNRISE Alliance
MDU is a member of the SUNRISE Alliance, a network of European universities working together to drive development in education, research, and innovation.
SUNRISE is part of the European Commission’s European Universities initiative and strengthens smaller universities in regional environments, fosters international collaborations, and contributes to the green, digital, and social transition.
Membership in SUNRISE is a natural part of MDU’s strategic framework and brand:
- Vision: A progressive and collaborative university shaping a sustainable future together.
- Mission: Global citizenship
- Strategic positions:
- As an international knowledge hub and co-creative university, we build knowledge together – accessible to more people.
- Through a curiosity-driven learning culture and future-ready, courageous individuals, we prepare students to become global citizens.
SUNRISE enables MDU to increase mobility for students and staff, develop joint programs and projects, and contribute to regional development with a European perspective. It strengthens our role as a university for all – a foundation built on inclusion, diversity, and everyone’s right to education.
MDU’s Vice-Chancellor Martin Hellström expresses this clearly:
Academia can save the world. No one else can – everyone else is driven by vested interests. If we can connect the world’s students, solving global problems will be no challenge.
SUNRISE is a step toward that vision: to systematize connectedness, build bridges between regions, and empower students to become a global movement for sustainability and democratic values.
Learn more about the SUNRISE Alliance on their official website:
