Iterative Coupling Algorithms and Enriched Finite Element Methods (e-FEMs) – such as the Generalized/Extended FEM – are powerful and complementary techniques for the solution of complex problems in computational mechanics. Both approaches are particularly well-suited for simulating multiscale phenomena, fracture and damage evolution, moving interfaces, and other challenging problems. In recent decades, e-FEMs have matured significantly, with research focused on improving conditioning, robustness, and efficiency. Some of the recent developments include the Interface- and Discontinuity-Enriched FEMs, which present alternative techniques for handling both weak and strong discontinuities. Additionally, iterative coupling algorithms, such as the Iterative Global-Local algorithm (IGL), have gained attention for their ability to non-intrusively couple commercial and research software. This minisymposium aims to bring together researchers from universities, national labs, and industry – from engineering, applied mathematics, and computer science – to exchange ideas and present recent advances in coupling algorithms and enriched finite element techniques. While contributions to all aspects of these methods and their implementation are invited, topics of particular interest include: • verification and validation; accuracy, computational efficiency, convergence, and stability of e-FEMs and coupling algorithms. • new developments for immerse boundary or fictitious domain problems, flow, and fluid-structure interaction, among others. • applications to industrial problems with multiscale phenomena, localized non-linearities such as fracture or damage, and non-linear material behavior. • acceleration techniques for coupling algorithms. • coupling algorithms for multi-physics and time-dependent problems.