EURASHE

File:EURASHE logo.png EURASHE
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Founded	Greece,1990
Working language	English
Presidium	Prof. Andreas G. Orphanides President Michal Karpíšek Vice-President Patrick Blondé Vice-President Johan Cloet Secretary General
Board	Regis Debrulle treasurer Marc Vandewalle elected board member Gintautas Bražiūnas elected board member Stéphane Lauwick elected board member
Website	[1]

EURASHE (European Association of Institutions in Higher Education) is a members’ based organisation gathering national and sectorial associations and institutions that offer professionally oriented programmes and are engaged in applied and profession-related research within the Bologna cycles.

Foundation

EURASHE was founded in Patras, Greece in 1990. It has the status of a non-profit international association according to Belgian law. Its secretariat is located in Brussels.

About EURASHE

EURASHE is a consultative member of the Bologna Follow-up Group and a member of its Board, is in this way directly involved in the implementation of the Bologna Process. Members of EURASHE are National and Professional Associations of Higher Education Institutions, such as University Colleges, Colleges and Polytechnics, etc. More than 1,100 higher education institutions in 40 countries within and outside the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) are affiliated to EURASHE. EURASHE members are specifically engaged in applied and profession-related research, and its technological applications. EURASHE is the voice of professional HE in contacts with the European Commission, the Council of Europe, UNESCO and other international organisations.

Activities

Activities carried out by EURASHE focus on policy development and on Higher Education projects and research, emphasising its professionally oriented segments. Supporting its policy work, EURASHE organises various events, such as Annual Conferences, Thematic seminars and tailor-made events for its members. In the last years, annual seminars on quality assurance as well as on learning outcomes became tradition, offering participants hands-on experience in the field, practical knowledge, and opportunity for networking and development of contacts.

Mission and Aims

Aims

• To promote transnational cooperation between HEIs in the European Higher Education Area (the ‘Bologna countries’)

• To provide a platform for all members (HEIs and associations) for exchange of information, project work and representation

• To foster cooperation with HE institutions outside the EHEA (the ‘external dimension’ of the Bologna Process)

• To achieve cooperation in the field of higher education by maintaining close link with other organisations that have similar objectives (ENQA, European University Association, European Students' Union, ACA, EAIE, UNESCO, etc.)

Mission

EURASHE’s mission is to represent the views of professionally oriented institutions and programmes in the Higher Education systems in countries of EHEA, either in binary HE systems (professional or vocational higher education) or in unitary ‘university’ systems.

Members

15 national associations of HEIs within the EHEA

Assemblée des Directeurs d’Instituts Universitaires de Technologie (ADIUT), Association of Slovene Higher Vocational Colleges (ASHVC), Conference of Academies for Applied Studies in Serbia (KACCC), Conference of Rectors of State Schools of Higher Vocational Education in Poland (KRePSZ), Conseil Général des Hautes Écoles (CGHE), Croatian Council of Universities and University Colleges of Applied Sciences (VVIVŠ), Czech Association of Schools of Professional Higher Education (CASPHE), Danish Rectors’ Conference – University Colleges Denmark (UC-DK), Estonian Rectors Conference of UAS (RKRN), Flemish Council of University Colleges (VLHORA), Institutes of Technology Ireland (IOTI), Portuguese Polytechnics Coordinating Council (CCISP), Rectors’ Conference of Lithuanian University Colleges (LKDK), Rectors’ Council of Armenia State Higher Educational Institutions, West of Scotland Colleges’ Partnership (WoSCoP)

33 individual HEIs within the EHEA

Angelus Silesius State School of Higher Vocational Education in Wałbrzych (PWSZ AS), Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU), Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), BA School of Business & Finance (BA), Budapest Business School (BBS), Caspian State University after Sh.Esenov, College for Information Technologies (VSITE), College for Law and Finance (EFFECTUS), College of Law (JK), College of Szolnok, Coventry University, European University Cyprus (EUC), Hellenic Open University (HOU), JAMK University of Applied Sciences (JAMK), Kazakh-Russian International University (KRMU), Kazakh University of Economics, Finance and International Trade (KazUEFIT), Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda State University (KKSU), Kyiv University of Law of National Academy of Science of Ukraine (KUL), Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology (MCAST), Moscow Banking School (College) of the Central Bank of Russian Federation, National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA), Open University of Cyprus (OUC), Ovidius University of Constantza (O.U.C.), Regional Open Social Institute (ROSI), State Higher Vocational School in Tarnow (University of Applied Sciences) (PWSZ TAR), Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Serres, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Patras, Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University (TSPU), TURIBA University, University Interpharm+ (UI+), University of “Petre Andrei” in Iaşi (UPA), Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction (YSUAC)

3 sectorial association of HEIs

Association of Law Schools (ALS), International Association of Trade and Economic Education (IATEE), SPACE Network for Business Studies and Languages (SPACE)

4 organisations

Dutch Association for Shorter Higher Education (DASHE), Malta Qualifications Council (MQC), Mexican Council for Cultural Diplomacy (MCCD), National Qualifications Authority (NQA)

1 national association outside the EHEA

Education Network Association (EdNet)

3 individual HEIs outside the EHEA

Benha University, Emirates College of Technology (ECT), University of Saint Joseph (USJ)

External links

• Official EURASHE site