CARPE, the European Consortium on Applied Research and Professional Education is a strategic alliance of a number of European Universities of Applied Sciences which was founded in 2011. The partners aim to encourage cooperation in European research programmes and jointly develop educational programmes with focus on the student’s future world of work.
All the CARPE partners have the following themes at the forefront of their agenda:
- Conducting research and providing education that is demand-driven and which also contributes to innovation in industry.
- Maintaining strong links with small and medium enterprises (SMEs), large enterprises, the public sector and local and regional governments.
- Embracing the themes of entrepreneurship, social responsibility, sustainability and internationalisation.