COLOURS European University’s office

Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, as a beneficiary of the EU programme entitled European Universities, cooperates intensively with 8 European universities. On 1 February 2024, the Office of the COLOURS European University was launched within the structure of the Department for Research & International Relations, whose tasks include: coordinating the work of the Alliance, cooperating with representatives of working groups (Work Packages) at JDU and partner universities, and representing the University and the Alliance at the international arena. The person in charge of the office is the Senior International Cooperation Specialist, Institutional Coordinator of the Erasmus+ Programme, Bartłomiej Kowalik, MA. The office is located in room 142 (first floor), Waszyngtona 4/8.

The name of the consortium COLOURS is an acronym derived from the words COLlaborative innOvative sUstainable Regional univerSities. The COLOURS alliance brings together 9 universities from different parts of Europe with approx. 126,000 students and over 12,000 employees. Full members of the Alliance are: Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Josip Jurai Strossmayer University of Osijek (Croatia), Le Mans University (France), Kristianstad University (Sweden), Paderborn University (Germany) - consortium leader, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), University of Ferrara (Italy), University St. Kliment Ohridski - Bitola (North Macedonia), Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (Latvia). The total amount of EU funding for the project is over EUR 14 million.