摘要：The present article covers the discussion of Europe as an idea, as a cultural identity and asa continent. The main goal is to think about how we can integrate Europe in higher educationgeography curricula. After ventilating some thoughts on what Europe is about, three reasonsfor the named integration are given (the reasons aim not to be not exhaustive). Finally, thefocus is laid on six relevant factors for a definition of European competences. The articlewinds up with the fact that geography is a great discipline to confront students with aEuropean Dimension by working with them on European competences
关键词：Europe ; European competences ; cultural literacy
