Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe

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The Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA) is a network of 54 universities, gathering major higher education institutions in 38 European capital cities, which has a combined strength of over 180,000 university staff and 2.000,000 students.[1] It 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. 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. 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.[2]

UNICA member universities[edit]

Country Institution(s)
 Albania University of Tirana
Polytechnic University of Tirana
 Austria University of Vienna
 Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Université libre de Bruxelles
 Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Sarajevo
 Bulgaria Sofia University
 Croatia University of Zagreb
 Cyprus University of Cyprus
 Czech Republic Charles University in Prague
 Denmark University of Copenhagen
 Estonia Tallinn University
Tallinn University of Technology
 Finland University of Helsinki
 France PSL University
University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle
 Georgia Tbilisi State University[3]
 Germany Free University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
 Greece National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
 Hungary Eötvös Loránd University

Semmelweis University

 Iceland University of Iceland
 Ireland University College Dublin
 Italy Sapienza University of Rome
University of Rome Tor Vergata
University of Rome III

Università degli Studi di Roma "Foro Italico"

 Latvia University of Latvia
 Lithuania University of Vilnius
 Luxembourg University of Luxembourg
 Netherlands University of Amsterdam
 North Macedonia Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
 Norway University of Oslo
 Poland University of Warsaw
 Portugal University of Lisbon
NOVA University Lisbon
 Romania University of Bucharest

Bucharest University of Economic Studies

 Russia (suspended in 2022) Higher School of Economics
Moscow State University

Peoples' Friendship University of Russia

 Serbia University of Belgrade
 Slovakia Comenius University in Bratislava
 Slovenia University of Ljubljana
 Spain Charles III University of Madrid
Complutense University of Madrid

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

 Sweden Stockholm University
 Switzerland University of Lausanne
 Turkey Ankara University
Middle East Technical University
 Ukraine Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
 United Kingdom University of Edinburgh
King's College London

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UNICA at a glance | UNICA".
  2. ^ "UNICA suspends membership of its three Russian member universities | UNICA".
  3. ^ List of Members, UNICA, 7 July 2022

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