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Rural mobility

The UNITA Rural mobility (URM) is an action that facilitates student internships carried out within entities and companies in the rural municipalities of the UNITA Alliance regions, which aims to create new synergies in education, research and entrepreneurship and produce a net positive impact on rural and mountain areas in Europe. 

Rural mobility UNITA

This action aims to strengthen the skills and improve the employability of our students by connecting rural organisations (both public and private) with students eager to put their academic knowledge into practice. Students apply for UNITA rural mobility within one of the calls launched every year at the level of the UNITA alliance, in order to carry out internships at institutions, organisations, associations from rural areas abroad.


The UNITA Rural Mobility call offers mobility opportunities are internships to be carried out in institutions and enterprises in rural and mountain communities in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Romania with accommodation and/or financial support.


Stays last from three weeks to four months, between June and September. Depending on the duration, different types of support are granted.

UNITA Rural mobility gives Alliance’s students a unique opportunity to develop their professional and soft skills and contribute to the revitalisation of rural and mountain areas in a destination managed by another UNITA university.


If you would like to get in the labour work within a experience in rural context, check what previous studens tell us about URM.

Rural Mobility - 2026 call (February 19 -March 18)

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1- Explore the catalog of available vacancies at the other universities.

Make sure you meet the study and language requirements for the position you are interested in.


2-
Read your home university’s call and requirements:


UBI – IPG –
UPNA – UNIZAR – UPPA – USMB – UNITO UNIBS – UVT –  UNITBV – HESSO


3-
 
Prepare your documents.
Enrolment for the 2025–26 academic year, language certificates, CV and motivation.


4- Submit your application here!
You may indicate the vacancy from the catalogue you are interested in and state whether you would like to be considered for another vacancy that matches your profile if you are not selected for your first choice.

Mobility carries ideas and people across our alliance

UNITA’s Inclusive societies Hub is one of the six hubs. Each hub is led by a ‘Task Force’, constituted by researchers representing the member universities.

This task force is animated and coordinated by two universities, Prof. Monica SZELES (UNITBV) , Prof. Patricia ALMAGUER (UNIZAR) and  Prof. Concepción LOMBA (UNIZAR) are the contact points.

Discover here below the Matching events organized within the Inclusive societies hub: 

UNITA’s Global health Hub is one of the six hubs. Each hub is led by a ‘Task Force’, constituted by researchers representing the member universities.

This task force is animated and coordinated by two universities, Dr. Amalric ORTLIEB (HES-SO) and Dr. Donatella Placidi (UNIBS) are the contact points.

Visit the Global Health hub padlet

Matching events for Global Health Hub

UNITA’s Digital transitions Hub is one of the six hubs. Each hub is led by a ‘Task Force’, constituted by researchers representing the member universities.

This task force is animated and coordinated by two universities: Prof. Antonio LOPEZ (UPNA) and Prof. Alexandre Miguel Pereira FIGUEIREDO (IPG) are the contact points.

UNITA’s Cultural Heritage Hub is one of the three hubs, together with Circular Economy and Renewable Energies, each one of them corresponding to one of the three Axes in which research activities in UNITA universities have been divided.

Each hub is led by a ‘Task Force’, constituted by researchers representing the member universities.

This task force is animated and coordinated by two universities, Prof. Laurence Roussillon-Constanty (UPPA) and Prof. Giaime Alonge (UNITO) are the contact points.

Within the research cartography, more than 300+ Cultural Heritage projects can be found, grouped into the following themes and sub-themes:

· Study and preservation of tangible Cultural Heritage
· Intangible Cultural Heritage and identity narratives
· Enhancement and dissemination of cultural and natural heritage
· Innovation policies for the development of marginalised areas

UNITA’s Cultural Heritage Hub

UNITA’s Circular economy and environment hub is one of the six hubs, each one of them corresponding to one of the three Axes in which research activities in UNITA universities have been divided.

Each hub is led by a ‘Task Force’, constituted by researchers representing the member universities.

This task force is animated and coordinated by two universities, Prof. Stefania DIMA (UVT) and Prof. José Maria FRAILE (UNIZAR) are the contact points.

Within the research cartography, more than 200+ Circular Economy projects can be found, grouped into the following themes and sub-themes:

 Activities achieved so far:

  • PhD thesis in cotutelle
  • Microcredentials
  • Summer Schools
  • Research seminars and workshops

UNITA’s Green energies Hub is one of the six hubs, each one of them corresponding to one of the six axes in which research activities in UNITA universities have been divided.

Each hub is led by a ‘Task Force’, constituted by researchers representing the member universities.

This task force is animated and coordinated by two universities, Prof. Benoit STUTZ (USMB) and Prof. Antonio CARDOSO (UBI) are the contact points.

Within the research cartography, more than 120+ projects related to renewable energies can be found, grouped into the following themes and sub-themes:

Energy transformation & Integration – System – Energy carriers
Solar energy
Socio-economic & legal & education aspect
Bioenergy
Geothermal energy
Hydropower
Wind

Activities achieved so far:

  • PhD thesis in cotutelle
  • Microcredentials
  • Summer Schools
  • Research seminars and workshops