EBU, the European Bioeconomy University, is a collaboration of leading universities across Europe, founded with the mission to address the environmental, economic, and societal challenges of the 21st century. This alliance, established in July 2019, connects eight institutions, all leaders in the field of bioeconomy, to foster a knowledge-based transformation towards sustainability. The founding universities include AgroParisTech (France), the University of Bologna (Italy), the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Hohenheim (Germany), BOKU University (Austria), and Wageningen University and Research Centre (Netherlands). In 2023, the Warsaw University of Life Science (Poland) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden) also joined as core members, expanding the alliance’s reach and impact.