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The European University Association (EUA) represents more than 800 institutions of higher education in 48 countries, providing them with a forum for cooperation and the exchange of information on higher education and research policies.
The European University Association (EUA) represents more than 800 universities and national rectors’ conferences in 48 European countries.
L'Associazione delle università europee (anche European University Association o EUA) è un'organizzazione fondata nel 2001 che rappresenta e supporta più di 850 istituti universitari in 47 stati, fornendo loro un forum di discussione per la cooperazione e lo scambio d'informazioni sull'educazione e sulle politiche di ricerca.
Who we are. The European University Association (EUA) represents more than 870 universities and national rectors’ conferences in 49 European countries. EUA plays a crucial role in the Bologna Process and in influencing EU policies on higher education, research and innovation.
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The European University Institute (EUI) was founded in 1972 by the member states of the European Community. The EUI finds its origins in the advocacy for a European institute at the 1948 Hague Conference and the European Conference on Culture the following year in Lausanne. At the 1955 Messina Conference, when the members of the European Coal and S...
Department of Economics
The EUI Department of Economicsprovides PhD researchers and MRes students with formal course-based training at the level needed to pursue successful academic or professional careers in leading universities or other research-oriented organisations. The PhD programme is designed to build a solid base for successful careers either in academia or in the research and economic policy departments of important international and national organisations. The programme offers high-level core and advanced...
Department of History and Civilisation
The Department of History and Civilisation (HEC) offers a programme of transnational and comparative European historysupported by an international and multicultural faculty. The Department’s research focuses primarily on the history of Europe within a global context from the late medieval period to the present. The Department takes a broad approach to the study of history that includes social and economic analysis, as well as the history of cultural, scientific, and intellectual developments,...
Department of Law
The EUI Department of Law aims to contribute to the development of the cultural and scientific heritage of Europe. It offers a fully funded PhD programme and an LLM. Through the ASPIRE programme, the Department extends its reach to researchers from developing countries and emerging economies, offering them the chance to pursue a funded PhD in Law at the European University Institute. Researchers study the challenges facing European law, public law and private law, international law, and econo...
The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies was launched by the European University Institute in 1993 with the aim to create an interdisciplinary and policy-oriented research centre. It is named in honour of Robert Schuman, one of the founding fathers of the EU. The first director of the newly established Centre was Yves Mény (1993–2001), followed by Helen Wallace (2001-2006), Stefano Bartolini (2006–2013), Brigid Laffan (2013–2021), and Erik Jones(2021-present). The initial set up was mod...
The Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) was established following the 1983 decision of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)and the 1983 regulation by the Council of the European Communities to open their historical archives to the public. A 1984 agreement between the Commission of the European Communities and the European Unive...
Doctoral Programme
The EUI offers fully funded structured doctoral programmes in the field of economics, history and civilisation, law, and political and social sciences. Around 130 research grants are awarded annually by the EU Member States and other European national authorities to successful candidates. A PhD from the European University Institute is an internationally recognised qualification. The doctoral programmes prepare candidates for outstanding career prospects within academia, international organis...
LLM Programme in Comparative, European and International Laws
Since 1984 the European University Institute has offered law students a one-year programme leading to the degree of Master in Comparative, European and International Law (LL.M.degree level). The LLM Programme in Comparative, European and International Laws is a one-year programme. It is predominantly research-based and focusses on the acquisition and practice of research skills and on the preparation of a dissertation. It addresses candidates who wish to advance their legal knowledge and thei...
Master of Research in Economics
The Master of Research in Economics is a one-year programme with a strong emphasis on research skill development. It attracts students from around the world, who are meticulously selected based on highly competitive admission criteria. Students benefit from the opportunity to engage with leading international scholars through weekly seminars and have access to esteemed visiting professors and postdoctoral fellows.
Master of Transnational Governance
The Master in Transnational Governance (MTnG) is a prestigious two-year graduate programme offered by the Florence School of Transnational Governance, aimed at equipping students with the knowledge and skills to navigate the complexities of governance beyond the state. This programme encourages students to break away from conventional perspectives and fosters their ability to design innovative and ethical solutions in the field of governance at local, regional, national, and international lev...
Most students and professors are multilingual; all are required to have a good knowledge of English, although French and Italian are also regular working languages. The Institute is committed to accommodating other languages where possible. The EUI's Centre for Academic Literacies and Languages (CALL) provides language training in oral and written ...
The State of the Union
The State of the Union is an annual forum for high level reflection on the European Union organised by the EUI since 2011. The conference acts as a bridge between academia and policy making at the highest level in Europe, bringing together heads of state, EU representatives, academics, policy-makers, business and opinion leaders and civil society representatives to discuss and debate the key challenges and opportunities facing Europe and Europeans each year. Presidents, prime ministers, forei...
The EUI is one of the leading social science research institutions in Europe, and with around 1,000 researchers at various levels in their careers, it is also one of the largest graduate schoolswith around 90 international partners in research, exchange, and educational initiatives. In 2024, the EUI was ranked 31st in the world for Politics and Int...
The European University Institute is seated in Fiesole on the Tuscan hillside overlooking Florence. The headquarters are at the Badia Fiesolana. The campus is spread across 12 villas in the area, many of which date back to the Renaissance period and have been restored along with their landscaped gardens. The EUI campus also includes Palazzo Buontal...
Autonomy & Governance. Universities are important in catering to the needs of today’s rising knowledge societies. Beyond the traditional work of teaching and producing research and innovation, higher education institutions are tasked with various roles and face new challenges. These include evolving student populations, a changing labour ...
About the initiative. The European Universities alliances are a flagship initiative of the European strategy for universities. The initiative sets the ambition to expand to 60 European Universities alliances involving more than 500 higher education institutions by mid-2024. Read about how the alliances work and what organisations can become ...
