In 1993, on February 15h, TU Liberec, Politechnika śląska, Akademia Ekonomiczna im Oskara Lange we Wrocławiu (today: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu), TUBA Freiberg and University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz (HSZG) commonly founded the International Institute (IHI) Zittau as a unique, transnationally ruled model, designed to commonly educate the future Europeans! It's worth reminding, that in the early 90ies, Czech and Polish membership in the EU still was a vision and the Bologna space, enabling students to complete their education in several countries, wasn't much more than a dream...
In 2013, IHI Zittau became a part of the university of excellence TU Dresden, upgrading the status of its diplomas and today, a common double degree with EF TUL on a common Central European Campus is a reality! So, in a world of trouble and a Europe, finding itself back in war, this birthday could give us some hope and encourage us to work together for a better common Europe. Our common new partnership with TU Kharkiv could be a starting point for that...