CESAER is a
non-profit association
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of
universities
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of
science
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and
technology
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in
Europe
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. CESAER was founded on 10 May 1990, seated in the
Castle of Arenberg in
Leuven
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,
Belgium
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. The association has 58 universities of science and technology in 28 countries. The name CESAER was formed as an abbreviation for "Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research", but today only the short form CESAER is used.
The combined member institutions of the association have over 1.1 million students enrolled and employ over 96,000 academic staff. The current President until end of 2025 is Orla Feely, Rector of
University College Dublin
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.
Members
The most up-to-date list of Members of CESAER is provided at https://www.cesaer.org/members/
References
External links
Official website
College and university associations and consortia in Europe
Engineering university associations and consortia
Leuven
Organisations based in Flemish Brabant
Technology consortia
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