| EMUNI UNIVERSITY EMUNI UNIVERZA UNIVERSITÉ EMUNI | |
|---|---|
| Established: | 2008 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Joseph Mifsud |
| Location: | Portorož - Piran, Slovenia |
| Website: | www.emuni.si |
EURO-MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY - EMUNI UNIVERSITY edit
The Euro-Mediterranean University – EMUNI University is the first international University in Slovenia. It has 115 member institutions from 32 countries.
History edit
EMUNI was inaugurated on June 9 2008 in Portorož, Slovenia, with an objective to become an international, post-graduate, higher-education and research institution, fully integrated in the Euro-Mediterranean Area. It was co-founded by universities and other higher-education and research institutions. In February 2009 EMUNI became a legal entity in the Republic of Slovenia.
Organisation edit
The first session of the General Assembly of EMUNI was summoned in November 2008, where its bodies were elected. EMUNI's President became Prof. Dr. Joseph Mifsud. EMUNI Management Board currently has 11 members, mainly rectors of member universities, while the EMUNI Senate is composed of 25 Members. The both bodies discuss and adopt decisions at its regular sessions.
Center EMUNI acts as a secretariat of EMUNI University, while EMUNI Foundation facilitates obtaining the financial resources for the university.
EMUNI has 115 member institutions, including universities and other higher-education and research institutions from 32 countries.
List of EMUNI members edit
- Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, ASRT, Cairo, Egypt
- ACAM- Association pour la culture et les arts méditerraneans, Monastir, Tunisia
- Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
- Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
- Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan
- Al-Azhar University, Gaza, Palestinian Authority
- Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
- Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority
- Andrássy Gyula German Speaking University, Budapest, Hungary
- An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestinian Authority
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestinian Authority
- CESMO - Center for Middle-Estern Strategic Studies , Tripoli, Lebanon
- CMU - Community of Mediterranean Universities, Bari, Italy
- College of Nursing Jesenice, Jesenice, Slovenia
- Compostela Group of Universities, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
- Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
- Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
- Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University, Bucharest, Romania
- ENSA - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture (ex. EPAU), Alger, Algeria
- Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
- Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- ESU - European Students' Union, Brussels, Belgium
- EURASHE - European Association of Institutions in Higher Education, Brussels, Belgium
- European Forest Institute, Joensuu, Finland
- European Institute of the Mediterranean, Barcelona, Spain
- European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Galillee College, Nahalal, Israel
- GSG - The Graduate School of Government and European Studies, Kranj, Slovenia
- Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- IEP - Institut d'études politiques de Lille, Lille, France
- IMRI - Moroccan Institute for International Relations, Casablanca, Marocco
- Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France
- Institute of Strategic Studies and International Affairs (IEEI), Lisboa, Portugal
- International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
- International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, Slovenia
- ISM - International School of Management, Dortmund, Germany
- International Telematic University UNINETTUNO, Roma, Italy
- Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestinian Authority
- John Cabot University, Roma, Italy
- Klaipèda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania
- Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie University, Lublin, Poland
- Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- MED-NET (The Mediterranean Network of Student Representatives), Swieqi, Malta
- Middle East Technical University , Ankara, Turkey
- MOPS - Mediterranean Organization for Promotion and Science, Alesund, Norway
- MRP-Mediterranean Renaissance Program, Benevento, Italy
- Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
- North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, Lisbon, Portugal
- Odysseus Academic Network, Brussels, Belgium
- Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
- Ovidius University of Constanta, Constanta, Romania
- Peace Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- RMEI (Réseau Méditerranéen des Ecoles d'Ingénieurs), Marseille, France
- Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain
- Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, Israel
- Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Scientific Research Centre - SASA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- SEDEIC Consortium, Msida, Malta
- Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Tampere, Finland
- UHI Millennium Institute, Inverness, Uk
- ULB- Université Libre De Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- UNIMED - Mediterranean Universities Union, Roma, Italy
- Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, Avignon, France
- Université de la Méditerranée-Aix Marseille-II, Marseille, France
- Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), Perpignan, France
- Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
- Université Montpellier I, Montpellier, France
- Université Paris 8 Vincennés-Saint-Dénis\\
- Université Paris-Est, Paris, France
- Université Paul Cézanne - Aix - Marseille 3, Marseille, France
- University Center for Euro-Mediterranean Studies (Center EMUNI), Portorož, Slovenia
- University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal
- University of Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Tétouan, Morocco
- University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Napoca, Romania
- University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
- University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
- University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
- University of Gabès, Gabès, Tunisia
- University of Girona, Girona, Spain
- University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
- University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- University of Maribor , Maribor, Slovenia
- University of Mohammed V - Agdal - Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
- University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
- University of Naples "L'Orientale", Naples, Italy
- University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
- University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovak Republic
- University of Salerno - Faculty of Political Science, Fisciano, Italy
- University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
- University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
- University of the Aegean, Mytilene - Lesvos, Greece
- University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal
- University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
- University of Urbino "Carl Bo", Urbino, Italy
- University of Westminster, London, Uk
- Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Valencia, Spain
- Virtual University of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
- Western Galilee College, Akko, Israel
- Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel
- Zrinyi Miklos National Defence University, Budapest, Hungary
Profile edit
Through a cooperation network of partner universities and other institutions in the Euro-Med region, the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI) provides study, research and training programmes, and thus advances the establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education, Science and Research Area. Acting as a coordinator and facilitator of joint academic and research activities, EMUNI is becoming a focal point for exchange of staff and students of partner institutions.
The activities of EMUNI include MA and PhD programmes, seminars, conferences, summer schools, professional courses and other activities. In the end of 2008, the International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies (IJEMS) started to be issued.
The activities of EMUNI focus on the Priority Areas of the Union for the Mediterranean as well as Maritime Issues, Culture and Tourism, Human Rights and Migration, Euro-Mediterranean Studies, Gender Issues, Development Studies, Water Management, Performing Arts and Regional Integrations.
EMUNI cooperates with different international organisations, e. g.: Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation, European Training Foundation and United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UN AoC).