EUCOR
Consortium of universities from France, Germany, Switzerland
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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]
Europäische Konföderation der Oberrheinischen Universitäten, Confédération européenne des Universités du Rhin Supérieur | |
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| Established | 1989 |
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| President | Andrea Schenker-Wicki (Rector of the University of Basel) |
Academic staff | 15,000 |
| Students | 117,000 |
| 13,500 | |
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| Language | French, German |
| Website | www |
Members
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]
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
- University of Freiburg, Germany
- University of Strasbourg, France
- University of Upper Alsace (UHA), France
- University of Basel, Switzerland