The goal of the volume, produced by the European Alliance UNITA - Universitas Montium, is to present our concept of a European university, through the visions of the Rectors and through thematic contributions that analyze some fundamental themes of UNITA and their impact after the first year of activity.
Starting from the analysis of the UNITA experience, we have imagined lines of development of projects and policies to implement the European Higher Education Area. With this objective in mind, the contributions offer a concrete and operational analysis of the issues that have emerged as important in the ambitious but possible perspectives of thinking and designing the continental university system of the near future.