European University Association

The European University Association is a membership organization representing universities and national rectors’ conferences across Europe. It supports cooperation, policy engagement, and institutional development in higher education and research.

Bologna Process: An intergovernmental process to make higher education systems in Europe more comparable and compatible. The association contributes university perspectives to this major European higher-education reform process.
National rectors' conference: An organization that represents university leaders nationally and coordinates their positions on higher education. These conferences are among the association’s core member groups.
Conference of European Rectors: A European association of university leaders founded in 1959 as a predecessor to the European University Association. It joined with another organization to establish the association in 2001.
Jean-Daniel Candaux: A Swiss historian and University of Geneva rector who helped convene European university leaders in 1959. His initiative launched the rectors’ cooperation that preceded the association.
League of European Research Universities: A network of research-intensive European universities that promotes their shared interests and academic collaboration. Unlike this selective research-university network, the association represents a wider range of institutions.
European Higher Education Area: A framework for cooperation among countries on comparable, compatible higher education systems. The association represents universities within this shared European policy space.
University governance: The structures and processes through which a university is directed, managed, and held accountable. The association’s work often addresses how member universities are governed.
Confederation of European Union Rectors' Conferences: A network of national university rectors’ conferences that preceded the European University Association. Its merger with the Conference of European Rectors created the association.
Georg Winckler: An Austrian economist who served as rector of the University of Vienna and president of the European University Association. His association presidency connected university leadership with European policy debates.
European Association of Institutions in Higher Education: A European network representing professional higher education institutions, including universities of applied sciences. Its membership focus differs from the association’s broad mix of universities and rectors’ conferences.

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