| Europäische Konföderation der Oberrheinischen Universitäten, Confédération européenne des Universités du Rhin Supérieur | |
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| Established | 1989; 36 years ago (1989) |
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| President | Andrea Schenker-Wicki [de] (Rector of the University of Basel) |
| Academic staff | 15,000 |
| Students | 117,000 |
| Doctoral students | 13,500 |
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| Language | French, German |
| Website | www |
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. It was originally founded in 1989 and was reorganised as a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) in 2015.
Members
In 2019, the consortium includes about 117,000 students, 15,000 teachers, and researchers and 13,500 doctoral students, 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:
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
- University of Freiburg, Germany
- University of Strasbourg, France
- University of Upper Alsace (UHA), France
- University of Basel, Switzerland
References
- "Macron to EU: Faster action needed to build university networks in Europe | Science|Business". sciencebusiness.net. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- Zeitung, Badische. "Land will Universitäten am Oberrhein zu Europäischer Universität entwickeln - Südwest - Badische Zeitung" (in German). Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- Zeitung, Badische. "Universitäten am Oberrhein vereinbaren eine engere Zusammenarbeit - Bildung & Wissen - Badische Zeitung" (in German). Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- "9.1 million euros for trinational quantum research" (Press release). University of Freiburg. Eurekalert. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- "University of Strasbourg: Presentation". www.en.unistra.fr. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- "Cinq universités pour un commun Eucor". Retrieved 2018-11-24.
External links
| EUCOR - The European Campus | |
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