In May 2026, the European Universities Alliance IN.TUNE – Innovative Universities in Music and Arts in Europe celebrated one of its milestones at the mdw: the first IN.TUNE Summit, attended by around 250 participants from the eight IN.TUNE partner universities in Vienna, Oslo, Bucharest, Paris, Helsinki, Barcelona, The Hague, and Belgrade. Developing joint courses and programmes of study as well as innovative teaching and learning formats, creating seamless mobility opportunities for students and teaching staff between the partner universities, setting up research collaborations, and developing collective strategies are the central themes of IN.TUNE’s work.

Since early 2024, the mdw has been part of the European Universities Alliance IN.TUNE – Innovative Universities in Music and Arts in Europe. The halfway point of IN.TUNE’s initial phase has now been reached, which makes it worthwhile indeed to take a look back upon the great effort that’s gone into Work Package 6.

For nearly two years, now, the mdw has been working together with seven European partner universities on the European Universities Alliance IN.TUNE – Innovative Universities in Music and Art in Europe. The objective has been to develop common offerings as well as strategies in the areas of Joint Education Provision & Mobility, Research & Innovation, Societal Engagement, and Alliance Governance and Cooperation.

Since January 2024, the mdw has been working together with seven European partner universities on IN.TUNE – Innovative Universities in Music and Art in Europe, the first European Universities Alliance in the field of music and one of only two alliances of arts universities among the 64 EUAs currently in existence.

In January 2024, the mdw is co-launching the first European University Alliance in the area of music and performing arts. In July 2023, the EU Commission granted the mdw and seven European partner universities approval for IN.TUNE.