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University Network of the European Capitals of Culture

International non-profit association

International non-profit association

The University Network of the European Capitals of Culture (UNeECC) is an international non-profit association founded upon the initiative of the University of Pécs in Pécs, Hungary in December 2006 by 15 founding members. The Secretariat of UNEECC is at the University of Pécs in Hungary.

General assemblies and annual conferences

In 2007, the UNeECC GA and Conference was hosted by Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu. The Keynote Speaker of the Conference was Mr. Roger O’Keeffe Principal Administrator, from European Commission Directorate for Education and Culture.

In 2008, the GA and Annual Conference was organized by Liverpool Hope University and the University of Liverpool. The Keynote Speaker of the Conference was Prince Charles-Louis d’Arenberg.

In 2010, when the European Capital of Culture Programme celebrated its 25th anniversary. The University of Pécs hosted the General Assembly and Annual Conference of UNeECC. We were organizing a joint conference of UNeECC and the Compostela Group of Universities providing a unique platform for scientific collaboration and networking.

In 2011, UNeECC celebrated its 5th year of founding. The Annual Conference was held in Antwerp, Belgium, European Capital of Culture 1993.

In 2012, UNeECC organized its Annual Conference jointly with EMUNI and the University of Maribor in Maribor, Slovenia, European Capital of Culture 2012.

In 2013, UNeECC organized its Annual Conference jointly with Aix-Marseille University and EHESS School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Marseille, France, European Capital of Culture 2012.

  1. 2007: Sibiu – 'Town and Gown'
  2. 2008: Liverpool – 'Whose Culture(?)'
  3. 2009: Vilnius – 'Innovation, Creativity and Culture'
  4. 2010: Pécs
  5. 2011: Antwerp
  6. 2012: Maribor
  7. 2013: Marseille
  8. 2014: Umeå
  9. 2015: Plzeň
  10. 2016: Wrocław

Membership

UNeECC invites memberships in three different categories:

  • Full Membership: Universities from cities of the European Capitals of Culture
  • Associate Membership: Universities from applicant cities
  • Supportive Membership: All others, including cities and cultural organizations with parallel interests

Members

UNeECC currently has 47 members:

  • KU Leuven (through its Antwerp campus), Antwerp, Belgium
  • University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
  • Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
  • University of Athens, Athens, Greece
  • Avignon University, Avignon, France
  • College of Europe, Bruges and Warsaw, Belgium and Poland
  • ICHEC Brussels Management School, Brussels, Belgium
  • Vesalius College, Brussels, Belgium
  • Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
  • University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
  • University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
  • FH Joanneum – University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria
  • Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Cracow University of Economics, Kraków, Poland
  • The Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, Poland
  • AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
  • University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol, Kufstein, Austria
  • Université Catholique de Lille, Lille, France
  • University of Lille 1, Lille, France
  • Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, England
  • University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, Madrid, Spain
  • University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
  • University of Malta, Msida, Malta
  • University of Patras, Patras, Greece
  • University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
  • Universita degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
  • Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic
  • University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal
  • Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania
  • University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
  • School of Architecture – Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Umea University, Umea, Sweden
  • University of Economics, Varna, Bulgary
  • Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
  • Turiba University, Riga, Latvia
  • UCLouvain (through its FUCaM Mons campus), Mons, Belgium
  • University of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Széchenyi István University, Győr, Hungary
  • Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula, Croatia
  • Neapolis University of Pafos, Pafos, Cyprus
  • University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

References

References

  1. [http://uneecc.org/universities/ UNeECC:Universities/Institutions]
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