eucen is Europe’s leading platform dedicated to University Lifelong Learning, offering members exclusive access to cutting-edge developments, collaborative opportunities, and policy influence in the field.
With major events happening at least twice a year, becoming a member of eucen ensures you stay at the forefront of innovation and dialogue in adult education and lifelong learning across higher education.
As a eucen member, you join a dynamic and diverse community committed to shaping more inclusive, accessible, resilient, and future-ready universities. You gain direct engagement in the cross-sector conversations driving change in response to technological, social, and policy challenges.
As a member, you gain access to:
eucen organises yearly events: from our annual conference with a focus on academia and research to our Autumn Seminar focused on the development of LLL staff.
Publishing in the European Journal of University Lifelong Learning - EJULL, a periodical online research journal where members and participants in our events can publish their work.
Internationalisation of our members (through networking, giving them visibility), connecting them actively with other members
Developing your own projects and participating in other eucen members' EU projects. You'll have priority to join any proposals written and coordinated by eucen or to be recommended as experts in proposals coordinated by other stakeholders
Joining eucen grants discounts in all our activities for all the employees of member universities. eucen is sometimes also able to offer discount to third parties' events to eucen members
Due to eucen 's close collaboration with the European Commission and other expert stakeholders, members often have access to EU policy news and information before its official publication
Full membership gives the right to vote in the eucen‘s General Assemblies and to nominate a member of the institution’s own staff as candidate for the elections to the Steering Committee of the Association.
In June 2025, during the eucen annual General Assembly in Lille (FR), members agreed to review the annual institutional subscription fee to 700€. This fee will apply from 2026 and until further notice. eucen membership is institutional – all staff from a eucen member institution are entitled to benefit from the discounts, services and access offered to eucen members.
The annual fee for “Experts” under the Associate membership category is 800€.
The Steering Committee of eucen identifies the membership category of each applying institution according to the current eucen Statutes and Internal Regulations. Details of the categories are described in this page for information. The General Assembly of eucen accepts new applications and confirms the membership categories recommended by the Steering Committee of eucen.
If your institution wants to join eucen, please, download this form, fill it in, ask your Rector/President to sign it and post it to the eucen office in Barcelona, for the attention of eucen‘s Executive Director, Carme ROYO, to our new address:
eucen office | Girona, 34i | 08010 Barcelona (ES)
T. 34 930 450 906 | members@eucen.eu
Once we receive your application, we will keep you updated with the process.
