EIT Label: European certificate for innovation within education

EIT-labelled programmes connect education, research, and innovation to tackle societal challenges creating practical inclusive and impactful solutions – this is what we call the Knowledge Triangle Integration.

This unique approach fosters collaboration, creativity, and high-quality standards, equipping learners to deliver solutions towards a sustainable and equitable future.

Through partnerships with top educators, researchers, and industry leaders, our programmes equip learners with the skills and knowledge needed to address today’s healthcare challenges. deliver practical solutions for a sustainable future.

All EIT Health-labelled programmes are dedicated to fostering a highly skilled European workforce with an entrepreneurial mindset and a capacity for innovation that addresses both current and future societal needs.

The importance of sustainable and inclusive innovation is crucial, our programmes focus on encouraging learners to embrace business models that create value, considering environmental, economic and social dimensions.

EIT Health-labelled education empowers individuals to apply their scientific and theoretical knowledge to tackle real-world challenges, enabling them to transform their expertise into practical solutions.

EIT-Label education programmes are built on this principle providing learners with valuable experience in non-academic organisations.

Our programmes bridge academia, industry, and the public sector, enabling learners to tackle real-world challenges while gaining the entrepreneurial competencies and practical knowledge needed to address global society issues.

Mandatory internships in the Labelled Degrees; capstone projects in the Certified Innovation Paths; mobility opportunities in the Lifelong Learning and interdisciplinary collaborations throughout all our programmes, ensure participants gain entrepreneurial competencies and practical experience across diverse sectors.

These are core principles in the design, implementation, and evaluation of all EIT Labelled programmes.

By aligning our programmes with EU policies on equality, we promote gender-responsive and inclusive education approach, aiming for balanced representation among all participants – learners, teachers, evaluators, and decision-makers – regardless of gender, race ethnicity, disability, or any other characteristic.

This approach helps address skill shortages, and demographic changes, and ensures the full utilisation of the skills and potential of all individuals, including women, minorities, and marginalised groups.