The annual report summarises a year in which we have moved quickly to implement our new collaborative leadership structure, increased the participation of our Members and started new work across a number of key strategic areas.

CESAER has published a white paper on ´Universities of Science and Technology (S&T) as engines of excellence, talent and innovation´. The paper promotes the understanding of the roles of universities of S&T in Research and Innovation Infrastructures.

CESAER is delighted to announce that our President, Sir Jim McDonald, has been nominated as the presidential candidate of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

The universities of Science and Technology (S&T) united within CESAER welcome the publication of the pilot call on European Universities within the Erasmus+ programme and outline recommendations for the development and upscaling of the pilot call

​The universities of science & technology united within CESAER have published Key Messages on the Next Generation of EU Funding Instruments from 2021 to 2027.

Karel Luyben, CESAER Vice President for Research, has been selected as Chair of the Executive Board of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)

Fourteen European associations support the European Parliament’s plea for a considerable increase of the Horizon Europe budget to €160 billion. We also urge the European institutions to work towards a smooth start of Horizon Europe on 1 January 2021.

The leaders from fifty universities of science and technology from 25 countries united within CESAER are meeting to discuss the future of science and technology at the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (UPB).

Our President Sir Jim McDonald (Principal & Vice Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde) expressed the serious concerns from our Members with respect to ongoing attacks on academic freedom and institutional autonomy in Hungary.

CESAER has published a white paper providing an overview of the role universities of Science and Technology (S&T) in innovation ecosystems and building a highly competitive knowledge-based industry for the future.