No University. Center for Advanced Studies
- Partner(s): Future Story Lab – ArtEZ Zwolle
- Financier(s): Joint Venture No University
- Started in: January 2022
No University is an international community of non-conformist artists, makers and scientists, working together on inter-disciplinary, multi-level, non-reductionist research and experiments related to the important societal challenges of the next decades: sustainability, equitability and resilience.

This experimental project is centered around the need for a new form of higher education, hosted by a University of the Arts (ArtEZ), that contributes to a sustainable, equitable and resilient society. This new form of higher education will be positioned as a ‘Center for Advanced Studies’ where scholars can work on themes on a system level, funded by fellowships. The No University - Advanced Studies Community started to be operative in January 2022 in a collaboration between WO, HBO and MBO in Zwolle.
Publication
'No University. A Creative Turn in Higher Education' explores a subject that is incredibly important to the future of our society: the innovation of higher education. This book about No University is a must for anyone questioning the contemporary structure of higher education and looking for a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable future society, particularly through re-positioning the arts and humanities.
More about the project
- Website: https://no.university/