Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra has attained the position of one of Slovakia’s leading universities in the period since it was founded in 1952. The University is consistently rated in the top group for the high quality of its teaching and research in the Slovak Republic.

The University cultivates close and productive links with its local and regional community and will continue to expand its work at an international level in both teaching and scientific research. We have a strong tradition of working in collaboration with business and industry and playing an active role in economic regeneration. Finally, we recognise that our future success and direction will be dependent upon how we embrace and respond to new information and communication technologies.

The University of Agribusiness and Rural Development was established 27 years ago as an independent college for higher education offering programmes in the field of Agrarian sciences. In 2011 it underwent transformation to become a university profiled in the field of Agribusiness and rural development, offering higher education qualifications at EQF levels 6, 7 and 8. The University is accredited until 2023 and currently houses over 4000 students in its three campuses in Plovdiv (the main campus), Veliko Tarnovo and Ruse. In recent years it attracts many students who need to study while working through the online study opportunities it offers. UARD is offering study courses in English and Russian and its international pool of students has grown to one of the largest in the region.

University of Thessaly (UTH) was founded in 1984. UTH is a prominent institution of Higher Education aiming to promote scientific knowledge through teaching and research, and to contribute to the cultural and economic development of the local community, and the society at large.  It promotes scientific and academic excellence in all fields of expertise and rewards outstanding individual performances, establishing new scientific research units and fostering an environment that supports innovative actions.

Today, University of Thessaly, with 37 Departments and 8 schools, is the third biggest University in Greece, with its own identity and with a prominent position in our national educational system. University of Thessaly provides 105 undergraduate and postgraduate programs, and extra-curricular modules in specific research and business fields. It has more than 42.000 undergraduate students, about 4300 postgraduate students and about 1500 PhD students. It also has 1000 members of teaching and research staff and 450 members of administrative personnel. It is known for its excellent research performance and outstanding scientific achievements, in accordance with the international standards. The excellent equipped Laboratories of the different Departments and Research Units have a number of well-trained researchers to support them.

The path to a great future is paved with skills and expertise. Karelia University of Applied Sciences (Karelia UAS) is proud to be part of this development by training skilled professionals. Karelia is a multidisciplinary, widely connected, international and innovative organisation offering education leading to bachelor and master degrees. Karelia operates in seven study fields offering 22 programmes out of which five are master-level studies. The study areas are health care and social studies, business, engineering, forestry, media and hospitality management.

The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne is a multidisciplinary training and research university positioned and recognised nationally and internationally in the bioeconomy field.

This academic identity at the heart of an interdisciplinary approach is based on 4 strategic excellence clusters and the specifics of its ecosystem:

• a multidisciplinary cluster with an international dimension focused on agriscience, the environment, biotechnology, and the bioeconomy (AEBB) taking into account, in a region with a strong agricultural and wine-growing economy, the sustainable production of biomass, its transformation by green chemistry and biotechnologies, the ecological transition and climate change;
• a healthcare cluster, championing scientific niches of excellence and rich and varied medical and paramedical training;
• a digital and engineering sciences cluster (DES) focused on high-performance computing, industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, materials, and technological change;
• a humanities and social sciences cluster (HSS) united around transformation, transition, and mutation.

Rooted in its region (5 university towns - 13 campuses) but with an international outlook, URCA contributes to the dynamism, attractiveness, international competitiveness, and the development of higher education and research at a national and European level.

The University of Milano-Bicocca is a young university established in the old Pirelli factory that turned into a state-of-the-art complex encompassing modern research laboratories, expansive study areas, and communal areas for students. The university campus is unique to Italy, with 28 buildings spread across Milan, Monza, and the Maldives. It welcomes over 32,000 students at the University of Milano-Bicocca alone. It is a multidisciplinary University with three major schools in Economics and Statistics, Law, Medicine, and Surgery and departments in Biotechnology and Biosciences, Physics, ICT, the Environment, and Educational sciences. Bicocca with borders entering into various agreements with European and non-European universities reflects an inclusive university that shares, respects, and protects diversity, as one of its main values.

The University of Cordova Founded in 1972, the UCO has successfully adapted to look for future generations’ demands for excellence in teaching and proven scientific expertise. It is a multidisciplinary teaching, training, and research university positioned and recognized internationally ranking in agriscience 90th out of 500 and 5th in Spain out of 23 institutions. In the agri-food field, UCO is the coordinating institution of the Agrifood Campus of International Excellence but also in the humanities in a city that is known throughout the world for its artistic and monumental heritage. Also, a pioneer in the field of science, and technology

It welcomes almost 20,000 undergraduate, postgraduate national, and international students on its campuses within the 7 fields and departments of agricultural sciences, chemical engineering, food science, and technology, veterinary sciences, atmospheric sciences, computer sciences, and psychology.