International Association of Universities
Acronym: IAU
General Information
Identification Code: 406038125094-81
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Entity Form: Association loi 1901
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 12/15/2016
Last Update: 3/5/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: IAU, founded in 1950, is the UNESCO-based worldwide association of higher education institutions. It brings together institutions and organisations from some 120 countries for reflection and action on common concerns and collaborates with various international, regional and national bodies active in higher education. Its services are available on the priority basis to Members but also to organisations, institutions and authorities concerned with higher education, as well as to individual policy and decision-makers, specialists, administrators, teachers, researchers and students.
The Association aims at giving expression to the obligation of universities and other higher education institutions as social institutions to promote, through teaching, research and services, the principles of freedom and justice, of human dignity and solidarity, and contributes, through international cooperation, to the development of material and moral assistance for the strengthening of higher educat (...)
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Climate action
- Culture
- Education and training
- Environment
- Fraud prevention
- International co-operation and development
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Part of the ENIC-NARIC network.
HE Working Group, Directorate of Democratic Citizenship and Participation
EHEA
EQAR
Council of Europe Framework for Competencies for Democratic Culture
Observer to CDEDU and Member of subgroup on higher education
U-Multirank
Facilitatorof the Ministerial Round Table on Mobility within the context of the EHEA and Erasmus+ under the Belgian Presidency, March 2024
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: UNESCO House1 rue Miollis
Post Code: 75732
City: Paris Cedex 15
Country: FRANCE
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EU Office
Address: UNESCO House1 rue Miollis
Post Code: 75732
City: Paris Cedex 15
Country: FRANCE
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: ERASMUS+ (IDOCOS) EC project 2020-1-NO01-KA226-HE-094163 (Principal partner University of Bergen, Norway).
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 0.3499999940395355
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://iau-aiu.net/List-of-IAU-Members?lang=en
Organisation Members: IAU also include an extensive network of university / higher education associations and organisations, including the European University Association:
https://iau-aiu.net/Members