EUCOR

Eucor – The European Campus
Europäische Konföderation der Oberrheinischen Universitäten, Confédération européenne des Universités du Rhin Supérieur
Established1989; 35 years ago (1989)
PresidentAndrea Schenker-Wicki [de] (Rector of the University of Basel)
Academic staff
15,000
Students117,000
13,500
Location
LanguageFrench, German
Websitewww.eucor-uni.org

EUCOR (German: Europäische Konföderation der Oberrheinischen Universitäten, French: Confédération européenne des Universités du Rhin Supérieur, transl. European Confederation of Upper-Rhine Universities) is a tri-national association of five universities in the Upper Rhine region with two universities from Germany, two from France, and one from Switzerland.[1] It was originally founded in 1989[2][3] and was reorganised as a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) in 2015.[4]

Members[edit]

In 2019, the consortium includes about 117,000 students, 15,000 teachers, and researchers and 13,500 doctoral students,[5] a large number of faculties, institutes and laboratories in almost all fields with a total annual budget of more than 2.3 billion euros. EUCOR members are:[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Macron to EU: Faster action needed to build university networks in Europe | Science|Business". sciencebusiness.net. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  2. ^ Zeitung, Badische. "Land will Universitäten am Oberrhein zu Europäischer Universität entwickeln - Südwest - Badische Zeitung" (in German). Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  3. ^ Zeitung, Badische. "Universitäten am Oberrhein vereinbaren eine engere Zusammenarbeit - Bildung & Wissen - Badische Zeitung" (in German). Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  4. ^ "9.1 million euros for trinational quantum research" (Press release). University of Freiburg. Eurekalert. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  5. ^ "University of Strasbourg: Presentation". www.en.unistra.fr. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  6. ^ "Cinq universités pour un commun Eucor". Retrieved 2018-11-24.

External links[edit]

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