The Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA) is a network of 54 universities, gathering major higher education institutions in 38 European
capital cities
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, which has a combined strength of over 180,000 university staff and 2.000,000 students. It 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. It also seeks to be a driving force in the development of the
Bologna process and to facilitate the integration of universities from
Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
and
Eastern Europe
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into the
European Higher Education Area. The office of the network is located in the
University Foundation in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
. 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
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's policies.
UNICA member universities
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{{Networks of European universities
College and university associations and consortia in Europe