# Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe

The Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA) UNICA is a network of 46 universities from the capital cities of Europe, with a combined strength of over 150,000 staff and 1,800,000 students. It also seeks to be a driving force in the development of the Bologna process and to facilitate the integration of universities from Central and Eastern Europe into the European Higher Education Area. The office of the network is located in the University Foundation in Brussels.

## History

UNICA was founded in 1990 on the initiative of the Université libre de Bruxelles. The mission of the network is to promote academic excellence, integration and cooperation among its member universities throughout Europe. UNICA provides the members with information on European initiatives and programmes, and supports them in co-operative projects, and a forum in which universities can reflect on the demands of strategic change in university research, education and administration.
UNICA signed a cooperation agreement with the Erasmus Student Network in March 2014 in the framework of their collaboration in the ExchangeAbility and Mapability.
In 2022, the organization suspended the three Russian universities because of Russia's war in Ukraine and the support of the rectors to Vladimir Putin's policies.

## Members

| Country | Capital(s) | Institution(s) |
| Albania | Tirana | University of Tirana Polytechnic University of Tirana |
| Austria | Vienna | University of Vienna |
| Belgium | Brussels | Vrije Universiteit Brussel Université libre de Bruxelles |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | University of Sarajevo |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | Sofia University |
| Croatia | Zagreb | University of Zagreb |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | University of Cyprus |
| Czech Republic | Prague | Charles University |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | University of Copenhagen |
| Estonia | Tallinn | Tallinn University Tallinn University of Technology |
| Finland | Helsinki | University of Helsinki |
| France | Paris | PSL University Sorbonne Nouvelle University |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | Tbilisi State University |
| Germany | Berlin | Free University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Greece | Athens | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| Hungary | Budapest | Eötvös Loránd University Semmelweis University |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | University of Iceland |
| Ireland | Dublin | University College Dublin |
| Italy | Rome | Sapienza University of Rome University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Rome III Università degli Studi di Roma "Foro Italico" |
| Latvia | Riga | University of Latvia |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | University of Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | University of Luxembourg |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | University of Amsterdam |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje |
| Norway | Oslo | University of Oslo |
| Poland | Warsaw | University of Warsaw |
| Portugal | Lisbon | University of Lisbon NOVA University Lisbon |
| Romania | Bucharest | University of Bucharest Bucharest University of Economic Studies |
| Russia (suspended since 2022) | Moscow | Higher School of Economics Moscow State University Peoples' Friendship University of Russia |
| Serbia | Belgrade | University of Belgrade |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | Comenius University in Bratislava |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | University of Ljubljana |
| Spain | Madrid | Charles III University of Madrid Complutense University of Madrid Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Sweden | Stockholm | Stockholm University |
| Switzerland | Lausanne | University of Lausanne |
| Turkey | Ankara | Ankara University Middle East Technical University |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
| United Kingdom | Edinburgh London | University of Edinburgh King's College London |