Matching academic excellence with societal impact unites the members of Aurora European University Alliance. Aurora consists of 9 research-intensive university partners and 6 associated academic and non-academic partners driven by three main objectives: 1) Equip students and staff with the skills and mindset to become social innovators, changemakers and entrepreneurs, 2) Foster academic collaboration and community building to build a long-term Aurora identity, 3) Collaborate with external stakeholders and deepen students engagement in education, research & outreach. To accomplish our objectives, we will act across four key priorities to offer open, flexible and inclusive coursework related to societal impact and the SDGs, streamline our mobility programme, improve the interoperability of our virtual campus to create one inter-university campus, develop sustainability practices across our campuses, generate 5 research-driven educational hubs and knowledge-creating communities, contribute to peacebuilding in unstable regions, build research capacity across the EHEA and contribute to the development of best practices in open science. We target 260.000 students, 30.000 staff members, 813 research groups as well as citizen stakeholders in the 13 countries in which we operate. As a result of these efforts we will contribute to the development of our long-term educational strategy, consolidate Aurora as one inter-university campus, and build knowledge-creating teams with a broad impact across the EHEA and beyond. This will be accomplished through the development of 5 knowledge-creating communities, 9 partners offering service learning related coursework, 8 joint courses and 4 joint education programmes, 100 SDG-related courses, physical, virtual and blended mobilities for 1.600 students, 360 researchers, 360 academic staff and 160 administrative staff, 1 Peace Education Hub, and 1 digital and green campus.