This paper presents the objectives and actual results of the EU supported project which runs from October 2012 to November 2015, named SALEIE1 - Strategic Alignment of Electrical and Information Engineering in European Higher Education Institutions. This project sets out to firstly explore and then provide models for ways in which Higher Education Institutions of Europe in the Electrical and Information Engineering disciplines can respond to current challenges. The main technical challenges addressed by this project are: Green Energy, the Environment and Sustainability, Communications and IT, Health, and Modern Manufacturing Systems including Robotics. The aims of this project are also to ensure all learners, irrespective of their background or disabilities equal opportunity to education.