Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities

The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities

Formation	2016
Type	Education and research
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Region served	Europe
Membership	23
Secretary-General	Prof. Jan Palmowski
Website	www.the-guild.eu

The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities (also called The Guild) is a university network founded in 2016. ^{[1] [2]} It currently comprises 23 of Europe's research-intensive universities in 17 countries. ^[3]

The Guild released a series of position papers as part of the European Commission's consultation for Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe and the next Framework Programme (FP10). ^[4]

Its current Chair is Anders Hagfeldt, Vice-Chancellor Uppsala University, in Sweden.

Members

Since 2025, the group is made up of the following universities: ^[5]

Country	Institution
Austria	University of Vienna
Belgium	Ghent University
	UCLouvain
Denmark	Aarhus University
Estonia	University of Tartu
France	Université Paris Cité
	Université PSL
Germany	University of Tübingen
	University of Göttingen
Italy	University of Bologna
Luxembourg	University of Luxembourg
Netherlands	University of Groningen
	Radboud University
Norway	University of Oslo
Poland	Jagiellonian University
Romania	Babeș-Bolyai University
Slovenia	University of Ljubljana
Spain	Pompeu Fabra University
Sweden	Uppsala University
Switzerland	University of Bern
United Kingdom	University of Glasgow
	King's College London
	University of Warwick

See also

• List of higher education associations and alliances

References

1. "New European university group unveiled". Times Higher Education (THE). 1 June 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
2. Rabesandratana, Tania (3 June 2016). "European research universities form a new lobby organization—but did they need it?". Science . AAAS . Retrieved 6 December 2018.
3. "About – The Guild". the-guild.eu. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
4. "The Guild's recommendations for Horizon Europe's past, present and future" . Retrieved 28 September 2023.
5. "About". the-guild.eu. The Guild. Retrieved 21 March 2023.