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SmartStart European Teacher Academy Launches in Eichstätt – A New Chapter for European Teacher Education Eichstätt, May 18, 2025 – From May 16 to 18, 2025, the historic university town of Eichstätt welcomed educators, researchers, and institutional leaders from across Europe to celebrate the official Kick-Off Meeting of the SmartStart European Teacher Academy. This groundbreaking initiative brings together partners from Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Norway, and Sweden, united by a shared mission: to modernize and internationalize teacher education for a multilingual, inclusive, and AI-informed future.

A European teacher academy is to be established at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) in the coming years. With its concept of focusing on artificial intelligence and bringing several international partners on board, the KU prevailed against more than a hundred competitors in an EU tender, according to a statement issued by the KU on Thursday.