CESAER is the strong and united voice of universities of science and technology in Europe.
Founded in 1990 as a not-for-profit association under Belgian law (AISBL), CESAER is proudly hosted by KU Leuven on its science and technology campus. We bring together over 50 leading specialised and comprehensive universities of science and technology from 25 countries across Europe and beyond.
We are a recognised stakeholder organisation within the European Research Area (ERA), the European Education Area (EEA), and the European Strategy for Universities. The European Parliament and its research service have identified us as one of the twelve ‘Key European Stakeholders for Research Policy’ (e.g., see page 3). Additionally, the European Commission and the European Research Council recognise us as one of the twelve 'Main Representative Organisations' in Europe (e.g., see page 3).
For more details about our constitutional framework, please refer to our Articles of Association and Internal Regulations.
For materials expressing CESAER positions, responsibility and formal approval follow the association's constitutional governance arrangements. Inputs are published when supported by the Presidency; positions and mandates are adopted by the Board of Directors; and declarations are adopted when unanimously supported by the Presidency, the Board of Directors and the General Assembly. Other publications are subject to the editorial and governance approval appropriate to their nature and content. Articles and opinion pieces with named authors remain attributable to those authors and are published under CESAER's editorial oversight. Day-to-day editorial oversight of material published on cesaer.org is provided by the Secretary General.
CESAER uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools as a normal part of its professional workflow. Depending on the task, this may include support for background research and information retrieval, drafting and restructuring, translation, editing, and grammar and language checks. AI tools support, rather than replace, human judgement. CESAER retains editorial responsibility for the publication of material on its website.
The association is incorporated as a Belgian international non-profit association (internationale vereniging zonder winstoogmerk - IVZW, or association internationale sans but lucrative - AISBL - meaning ‘international non-profit association’) under the name of the 'Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research' - in short 'CESAER'.
Today, normally only the short form CESAER is used.
The short form can be elaborated, when needed, as 'CESAER - the strong and united voice of universities of science and technology in Europe', for example in contexts where the short form CESAER is not well known.
For more information, please contact the Secretariat.
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