Through its educational and research dimension, CHARM-EU is working towards an innovative university model ready to meet society’s challenges, breaking down borders and linking local and global solutions.

In its first educational project (2019-2022), CHARM-EU was creating learning experiences that – having mobility and inclusivity at their core – are based on the implementation of a transformative approach to program and curricula design combining the best of the different European traditions. The project has resulted in the first joint Master's Degree Programme (Global Challenges for Sustainability) under the criteria of the European Universities initiative. In 2021, the CHARM-EU Alliance secured a grant for its research and innovation strategy project in a call launched under the umbrella of the Horizon 2020 program. The TORCH project (2021-2023) developed a common Research and Innovation (R&I) agenda for the Alliance’s research universities. 

After receiving a grant under the 2022 Erasmus+ European Universities Call, the Alliance launched its new 4-years expansion project titled CHARM-EIGHT∞ in January 2023, carrying on the innovative mission to provide a transformative European educational experience and promote its long-term vision along five strategic lines. Particular attention is paid to deepening cooperation, expanding the educational and professional development portfolio of CHARM-EU, supporting various forms of mobility, enabling networking and the internal dissemination of best practices and innovations successfully implemented within the Alliance, while strengthening external cooperation and partnerships.

CHARM-EU was also part of the ED-AFFICHE project consortium composed of six European University Alliances that worked on co-developing recommendations on the design and delivery of a future European Degree label. The Alliance was an associate partner in the ESEU project, which tested a possible European legal status for higher education institutions to simplify international cooperation and advice European policy-makers. CHARM-EU is also taking a leading role in the FOREU4ALL project, an initiative of the European University Alliances providing a collaborative and supportive platform to share best practices, exchange experiences, and strengthen cooperation.

The active use of CHARM-EU's results and networks has led to the development of further joint initiatives. In several cases, such collaborations have resulted in successful ELTE-led educational (PATH) and research (ClimEx-PE) projects spanning partner institutions and disciplines.