The European University for Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability is an integrated transnational higher education and research institution covering the smart urban sustainable coastal development form a holistic perspective. The thematic focus creates a unique competitive advantage for EU-CONEXUS which is well positioned to assemble and build on complementary thematic expertise from all its partners and regional ecosystems, through inter- and transdisciplinary based approaches. Perfectly distributed across Europe, the campus covers all European coasts. Students, teachers, researchers, and staff are studying, teaching, conducting their research activities, innovating and working on a European scale.