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ELLS Workshop in Brussels Connected Early-Career Researchers with EU Institutions
The ELLS Research Support Office (RSO) organised a three-day intensive workshop titled "Navigating Brussels with ELLS 2025: How can the EU help you develop your scientific career?"

Extended deadline to submit your abstract for the ELLS conference
The deadline to submit an abstract has been extended to the 30th of June 2025. Submit your student project and present your work at the ELLS Scientific Student Conference in Uppsala (SLU).

ELLS Showcased at INFORMS Congress 2025 in Madrid
The ELLS Research Support Team proudly represented ELLS at the prestigious INFORMS Congress 2025, held in Madrid and hosted by EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators).

Call for Abstracts – ELLS Scientific Student Conference 2025
The Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) warmly invites bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD students from ELLS partner universities to submit abstracts for the ELLS Scientific Student Conference 2025, to be held in Uppsala, Sweden at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
What is ELLS?
The European University alliance ELLS (Euroleague for Life Sciences) is a forward-looking network of leading European universities committed to life sciences for sustainability. Rooted in scientific excellence and societal engagement, ELLS drives the transformation of agri-food systems through collaboration in education, research, and innovation.
The alliance brings together institutions with deep expertise in Natural Resource Management, Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Life Sciences, Food Systems, Environmental Sciences, and Rural Development — including Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Its joint efforts are guided by a shared mission to address global challenges related to food security, environmental sustainability, and inclusive rural prosperity.
While full membership is open to universities in EU and EU-associated countries, the European University alliance ELLS also collaborates with international partner institutions to foster global knowledge exchange and impact. Since 2013, partners such as Lincoln University (New Zealand) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have been part of this global cooperation, highlighting ELLS’s commitment to excellence in sustainable life sciences worldwide.
Student engagement
Euroleague Student Association (ELSA)
It is an organisation in which students from each of the ELLS member and partner universities are working together to enhance student mobility as well as stimulate international cooperation and cultural understanding.
The goals of ELSA are to strengthen the cooperation of the universities, to bring students together and to give them the opportunity to work in an international context.
Within the ELLS alliance we represent the students’ point of view in all ELLS bodies, we actively provide support to ELLS working groups. If there are any questions or suggestions regarding studies within the Euroleague for Life Sciences, don’t hesitate to contact us by e-mail or the contact form.
Student Conferences at ELLS
Euroleague for Life Sciences and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences invite all students of ELLS member and partner universities to join the Scientific Student Conference (SSC).
Living the ELLSperience | Cultivating Scientific Innovation
on 14 - 15 November 2025 at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Campus Ultuna, Sweden.
What is the Scientific Student Conference
The aim of this conference is to encourage you as a student within the Life Sciences to engage with one another, and allow you the chance to disseminate your own research related to the headline "Living the ELLSperience | Cultivating Scientific Innovation".
Further information is available at the website of the SSC 2025.
Study Offers
Support Teams
Support teams deal with horizontal topics that are related to the aims of the Euroleague for Life Sciences such as legal aspects, quality assurance, e-learning, student mobility, etc. The mandate of the support group is to develop and implement concepts for the achievement of the common purpose of ELLS and to support and facilitate the work of the Subject Areas and the Task Force. The teams should consist of at least one member of each ELLS university and one member of ELSA.
Subject Areas
The Subject Areas are the backbone of the ELLS alliance on the level of joint teaching programmes. Each partner institution has the responsibility for at least one thematic Subject Area and oversees the development and implementation of joint curricula or other joint teaching activities.
Contact
Ms Tjallie Botden-Scheltinga
Wageningen University & Research
ELLS Secretariat Office - WUR
Wageningen University & Reserach
Droevendaalsesteeg 4
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands