In order to drive transformation processes in higher education institutions (HEIs) and to foster sustainable behavior among students, learning formats and platforms that enable participation and promote competence development in the sense of an education for sustainable development (ESD) are essential to provide students and staff with opportunities to contribute to a common campus and to enhance their change agency. Participation and transformative learning are recognized ESD approaches, and this chapter presents a course that combines these with opportunities to be part of a university’s development towards a more sustainable institution. Participation also means acknowledging bottom-up efforts: At Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (OVGU), the Eco-Social University Days (ESUD) are mainly organized and implemented by students, with coordination and financial support of the university’s sustainability office, and the commitment of researchers, teachers, and regional associations. The idea of ESUD has been integrated in the context of an inter- and transdisciplinary elective course dealing with topics of sustainable development (SD). The aim was to make students aware of possibilities to get involved, to promote knowledge transfer within the university, and to animate students with little previous knowledge or low intrinsic motivation who are yet to become change agents. In order to achieve the learning objectives inspired by the Brundiers et al. (2021) competence model, this course was divided into two parts: the theoretical “Footprint” and the practical “Handprint.” Students developed projects, which they based upon the scientific theoretical foundation taught in class. The results were incorporated into the organization of the ESUD 2023 and inspired similar lectures.