The future of Europe will be carved by today’s major societal challenges: digitalisation and artificial intelligence, climate change, ageing societies and migration. Existing and new challenges must be tackled successfully to ensure a sustainable and positive future. We will inspire active societal engagement in the current and future state of Europe and beyond. ENGAGE.EU is an alliance of leading European universities in business, economics, and the social sciences, which aims to provide European citizens the set of skills and competences needed to tackle major societal challenges. ENGAGE.EU will become an education and research referent, an innovation and outreach platform and a societal change incubator. The alliance will exploit the unique synergies of its members, taking existing collaborations to a new dimension guided by a joint strategy and a common goal. Each university brings its unique perspective shaped by its academic areas of specialisation as well as geographical and economic context, to create value together beyond what could be achieved alone. The alliance is currently academic home to over 100,000 students, academics and staff who will benefit from ENGAGE.EU. ENGAGE.EU will strive for a comprehensive approach, following three interconnected paths: Engaged Learning, Engaged Research & Innovation and Engaged in Society. These paths will be articulated through four axis: (1) ENGAGE.EU Campus enables an innovative learning environment for learners of all ages and levels to engage in learning. (2) ENGAGE.EU Think Tank establishes formats of advanced studies to strengthen and renew the existing ties between researchers, learners and stakeholders. (3) ENGAGE.EU Labs are innovative models of collaboration and co-creation for novel education of European citizens. (4) ENGAGE.EU Dual Learning Programmes bring actors from outside academia into the learning, research and innovation arena, promoting local and international responsibility.