CESAER

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CESAER
Formation10 May 1990;33 years ago (10 May 1990)
TypeEducational
Headquarters Castle of Arenberg, Leuven, Belgium
Region served
Europe
President
Orla Feely
Website cesaer.org

CESAER is a non-profit association of universities of science and technology in Europe. CESAER was founded on 10 May 1990, seated in the Castle of Arenberg in Leuven, Belgium. The association has 58 universities of science and technology in 28 countries. The name CESAER was formed as an abbreviation for "Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research", but today only the short form CESAER is used. [1]

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The combined member institutions of the association have over 1.1 million students enrolled and employ over 96,000 academic staff. [2] The current President until end of 2025 is Orla Feely, [3] Rector of University College Dublin. [4]

Members

The most up-to-date list of Members of CESAER is provided at https://www.cesaer.org/members/

CountryInstitution(s) [5]
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

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References

  1. "History". CESAER. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. "Shape knowledge societies in Europe and beyond for a sustainable future, Annual Report 2021" (PDF). CESAER. 24 March 2022.
  3. "Orla Feely elected CESAER President 2024-2025". CESAER. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  4. "Governing body - CESAER". CESAER.
  5. "Members list". CESAER. Retrieved 17 April 2024.