JUMPing between islands of modules and challenges - a new way of offering learning opportunities abroad
Education has the power to shape the future, and Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) is a driving force for real-world impact. Learning through challenges can transform students into problem-solvers for a better world.
At the International CBL Conference 2025, in Eindhoven, Netherlands in the session Implementation, the JUMP project was presented in front of educators, researchers, industry leaders, and changemakers.
Through the ECIU and other university alliances the offer of courses, challenges, modules and activities such as hackathons and creathons has increased. This in combination with the mobility funding offered by Erasmus has open for an increased mobility and increased opportunity to study abroad. However, with all these offers, fragmentation and also difficulties in finding suitable combinations to form a consistent educational path has increased.
Trough the JUMP project, our ambition is to systematise and arrange and, in some cases, also complement the current offerings of learning opportunities in the form of bundles and minors. Such bundles can be offered by one or several universities but are packed and marketed together. Hence, the main aim of JUMP is to provide a structure helping the learners to create their own flexible learning paths.
Hence, what we want to create is a structural CBL Minor, developing online micro-modules, piloting co-created challenges projects, CBL internships/theses, and reinforcing the Erasmus+ program to promote cooperation between European HEIs and stakeholders to equip students with responsible I&E skills. We also want to facilitate a dialogue among quadruple-helix actors to solve societal challenges via international, cross-disciplinary student teams trained in responsible I&E and transversal skills.
JUMPing between islands of modules and challenges - a new way of offering learning opportunities abroad.
Linköping University
Linköping University (LiU) is a top-ranked Swedish university, recognised globally for its interdisciplinary research and innovative teaching. From the start, LiU has pioneered collaboration with industry and society to address real-world challenges. It leads in fields like telecommunications, healthcare, energy technology, and materials science.
Hosting major European infrastructures such as the AI Factory MIMER and the supercomputer ARRHENIUS, LiU plays a key role in driving innovation. With 45,000 students and staff, Linköping University offers a dynamic environment where creativity, excellence, and collaboration thrive.
Sweden
Institut National des Sciences Appliquees
The INSA Group, France's leading network of public engineering schools, trains 20,000 students every year. With 100,000 graduates worldwide, it is founded on the values of inclusion, openness, high standards and scientific excellence.
With nearly 80 specialisations, 58 laboratories and transformative projects, it works to promote a fairer and more sustainable society.
France
Lodz University of Technology
Łódź University of Technology is a technical university located in the heart of Europe and Poland, in the climatic, post-industrial city of Łódź. We educate nearly 11,000 students each year in over 60 fields of study, conducted in 3 languages at 9 faculties.
We are a student-centred university that implements Design Thinking, Challenge-Based Learning and Flipped Classroom to best prepare our future graduates for the demands of the labour market. We actively cooperate with business and industry and provide our students with modern study facilities on our 37-hectare campus.
Poland
University of Trento
Located in the heart of the Alps, the University of Trento is internationally recognised for its commitment to quality, innovation and global engagement in teaching, research and services. With over 17,000 students and 70 bachelor’s and master's degree programmes across 14 departments and centres, UniTrento offers a dynamic and inclusive environment focused on excellent programmes of study and student well-being.
The university is dedicated to nurturing individuals with robust skills, critical thinking, and an international perspective, strongly promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and investing in knowledge as a shared resource to create substantial cultural, scientific, and social impact.
Italy
