Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe

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

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 agrement 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

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]