European Institute of Innovation and Technology

**EIT at a glance** [](https://eit.europa.eu/about-us/eit-glance#main-content) **Europe’s largest innovation network strengthening innovation since 2008** Our mission is to create jobs and deliver sustainable and smart growth. We’re an integral part of Horizon Europe, the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. **A model based on partnerships across industries** We’re a unique EU body in that our method for driving innovation involves bringing together organisations across business, education, and research. The goal of these partnerships is to find and commercialise solutions to pressing global challenges. For each global challenge, there is an ecosystem of partnerships called [Knowledge and Innovation Communities](https://eit.europa.eu/global-challenges). **Partnerships that foster talent and ingenuity** To face these global challenges, our community of partners offers a wide range of [education courses](https://eit.europa.eu/activities/eit-entrepreneurial-education-learn-leaders-european-innovation), [business creation and acceleration services](https://eit.europa.eu/activities/eit-entrepreneurship-and-business-creation-programmes-better-way-build-your-business), and [innovation-driven research projects](https://eit.europa.eu/activities/innovation-how-our-model-drives-innovation). [Learn more about our model](https://eit.europa.eu/library/eit-innovation-model-publication)