The European university networks and alliances aim to strengthen collaboration in higher education and research. They promote academic excellence, policy advocacy, and international mobility among member institutions.
The collective effort of the networks supports innovation, inclusivity, and the development of a strong European Higher Education Area.
You can find more information about the various networks and alliances below.
Founded in 2016, the Guild comprises nineteen of Europe’s most distinguished research-intensive universities in fourteen countries, and is dedicated to enhancing the voice of academic institutions, their researchers and their students. The Guild is committed to the pursuit of excellence, the importance of truth-seeking and trust-building as the foundation of public life, and the creation of new knowledge for the benefit of society, culture, and economic growth.
Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is an association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities of high international standard.
The Coimbra Group is committed to creating special academic and cultural ties in order to promote, for the benefit of its members, internationalisation, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society.
It is also the purpose of the Group to influence European educational policy and to develop best practice through mutual exchange of experience.
Coimbra Group universities are among our top partners in Europe when it comes to incoming and outgoing student mobility at Aarhus University.
The Utrecht Network is a representative European-wide network of universities cooperating in the area of internationalisation. The group is particularly committed to such areas as student and staff mobility, summer schools, the internationalisation of curricula, joint curricula and double/joint degrees.
The Utrecht Network represents 31 European universities in 26 countries, co-operating in the area of internationalisation in the broadest sense of the word.
The European University Association (EUA) represents and supports higher education institutions in 46 countries. Members of the Association are European universities involved in teaching and research, national associations of rectors and other organizations active in higher education and research.
EUA provides members with a forum to cooperate and keep abreast of the latest trends in higher education and research policies. The Association’s mandate in the Bologna process, contribution to EU research policy-making and relations with intergovernmental organizations, European institutions and international associations, ensure its capacity to debate issues which are crucial for universities in relation to higher education, research and innovation.
