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Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe

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The Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA) UNICA is a network of 46 universities from the capital cities of Europe, with a combined strength of over 150,000 staff and 1,800,000 students.[1] It also seeks to be a driving force in the development of the Bologna process and to facilitate the integration of universities from Central and Eastern Europe into the European Higher Education Area. The office of the network is located in the University Foundation in Brussels.[2][3]

History

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UNICA was founded in 1990 on the initiative of the Université libre de Bruxelles. The mission of the network is to promote academic excellence, integration and cooperation among its member universities throughout Europe. UNICA provides the members with information on European initiatives and programmes, and supports them in co-operative projects, and a forum in which universities can reflect on the demands of strategic change in university research, education and administration.[4][5]

UNICA signed a cooperation agreement with the Erasmus Student Network in March 2014 in the framework of their collaboration in the ExchangeAbility and Mapability.[6]

In 2022, the organization suspended the three Russian universities because of Russia's war in Ukraine and the support of the rectors to Vladimir Putin's policies.[7]

Members

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Country Capital(s) Institution(s)
 Albania Tirana University of Tirana
Polytechnic University of Tirana
 Austria Vienna University of Vienna
 Belgium Brussels Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Université libre de Bruxelles
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo University of Sarajevo
 Bulgaria Sofia Sofia University
 Croatia Zagreb University of Zagreb
 Cyprus Nicosia University of Cyprus
 Czech Republic Prague Charles University
 Denmark Copenhagen University of Copenhagen
 Estonia Tallinn Tallinn University
Tallinn University of Technology
 Finland Helsinki University of Helsinki
 France Paris PSL University
Sorbonne Nouvelle University
 Georgia Tbilisi Tbilisi State University[8]
 Germany Berlin Free University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
 Greece Athens National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
 Hungary Budapest Eötvös Loránd University
Semmelweis University
 Iceland Reykjavík University of Iceland
 Ireland Dublin University College Dublin
 Italy Rome Sapienza University of Rome
University of Rome Tor Vergata[9]
University of Rome III
Università degli Studi di Roma "Foro Italico"
 Latvia Riga University of Latvia
 Lithuania Vilnius University of Vilnius
 Luxembourg Luxembourg University of Luxembourg
 Netherlands Amsterdam University of Amsterdam
 North Macedonia Skopje Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
 Norway Oslo University of Oslo
 Poland Warsaw University of Warsaw
 Portugal Lisbon University of Lisbon
NOVA University Lisbon
 Romania Bucharest University of Bucharest
Bucharest University of Economic Studies
 Russia (suspended since 2022) Moscow Higher School of Economics
Moscow State University
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
 Serbia Belgrade University of Belgrade[10]
 Slovakia Bratislava Comenius University in Bratislava
 Slovenia Ljubljana University of Ljubljana
 Spain Madrid Charles III University of Madrid
Complutense University of Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
 Sweden Stockholm Stockholm University
 Switzerland Lausanne University of Lausanne
 Turkey Ankara Ankara University
Middle East Technical University
 Ukraine Kyiv Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
 United Kingdom Edinburgh
London
University of Edinburgh
King's College London[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Institutional Network of the UNIversities from the CApitals of Europe (UNICA)". international.univie.ac.at. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  2. ^ "UNICA at a glance | UNICA".
  3. ^ "UNICA Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe - english information". Deutscher Bildungsserver (in German). 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  4. ^ "Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe - UNICA | IMOTION". www.staffmobility.eu. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  5. ^ "Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA) / Institutional Memberships / Memberships / International Relations Office / The University / Home - Софийски университет "Св. Климент Охридски"". www.uni-sofia.bg. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  6. ^ "UNICA: Network of Universities from Capitals of Europe". ExchangeAbility. 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  7. ^ "UNICA suspends membership of its three Russian member universities | UNICA".
  8. ^ List of Members, UNICA, 7 July 2022
  9. ^ redazioneweb@uniroma2.it. "Unica (Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe)". web.uniroma2.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "UNICA (Institutional Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe)". arhiva.rect.bg.ac.rs. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  11. ^ "Networks | Global | King's College London". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
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