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