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Europe; international
U-Multirank is a world ranking of universities published annually since 2013 scoring more than 1,700 universities from 96 countries. Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission, U-Multirank compares higher education institutions’ performance in areas that matter most to students and are not covered by traditional university rankings such as knowledge [...]

Argentina
The "Centre for Studies on State and Society" CEDES has different subject areas, one of them being higher education (Educación Superior). The area provides information on researcers, research projects and publications, many of them as fulltext documents. Under "iniciativas" you can find bigger, sometimes international research projects as well as real initiatives and demands [...]

Argentina; Latin America; North America; Central America
The "Centre for Studies on Science, Development and Higher Education" (Centro REDES) was founded in 2002 by the nonprofit organisation Grupo REDES. The "National Council for Scientific and Technical Research" (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas - CONICET) granted the Centro REDES the status of an associated institution in 2003. The Centro\'s website [...]

Argentina
The "National Commission for the Evaluation and Accreditation of Universities" (CONEAU) recrutes researchers in education and experts from universities in the whole of Argentina to act as evaluators and reviewers. CONEAU\'s work also includes quality assurance of research and teaching. The evaluation of more than 40 universities is documented in freely accessible publications [...]

Australia; New Zealand; Hong Kong; China
The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia is a scholarly society for people committed to the advancement of higher and tertiary education. It promotes the development of higher education policy, practice and the study of teaching and learning.

Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay; Chile; Venezuela; South America
NEIES was founded on the initiative of the countries of Mercosur (Common Market of South America) as a network of researchers in higher education. Since 2012, NEIES publishes a journal with freely accessible fulltext articles and organises workshops and similar events. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Finland
"The Higher Education Group (HEG) is a unit focusing on higher education research and teaching at the University of Tampere, Faculty of Management and Business. (...) Research in HEG is concentrated on the topics of higher education management and finance." The website provides information on study programmes, research projects, cooperations and publications (including [...]

Austria
Universities Austria (UNIKO) is a non-profit association under private law. Its purpose is to assist the Austrian universities in the fulfilment of their tasks and responsibilities and thus to foster scholarship and research. Universities Austria handles the internal coordination of the 21 public Austrian universities, it represents them in national and international [...]

Greece
The multi independent institution ADIP has its seat in Athens and is controlled by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs for the legacy of its actions. ADIP supports and implements processes to guarantee and improve the quality of higher education institutions for research and technology. Its aim is to support transparency as well as international development and [...]

Greece
The main aim of POSDEP since its establishment in 1989 has been to ensure that Greek governments will provide students with public, free university education and that the universities will be totally independent; fiscally, administratively, institutionally. POSDEP is mainly in contact with the Federation of Associations of Technical Institutions (OSEP-TEI) and the Union of [...]

Greece
The General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) in the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs of Greece is e.g. responsible for research cooperation and support in science and technology. At a multilateral level its mission is to harmonize research and technological activities with the demands of the international community. [Abstract: Site editor’s [...]

international
The Center for International Higher Education defines its mission to be advancing knowledge about the complex realities of higher education in the contemporary world. It promotes the belief that an international perspective will foster enlightened policies and practices. To this end, the Center publishes International Higher Education, a book series on higher education, as [...]

Colombia
The National Information System for Higher Education (SNIES) was created to respond to the information necessities of the higher education sector of Colombia. It serves as source of information for institutions and academical programs approved by the National Ministry of Education, it counsels and fournishes data, statistics and indicators of relevancy, reliability and [...]

Argentina
The Red Nacional de Prácticas y Residencias en la Formción de Docentes is a meeting point for persons and institutions which deal with teacher training. The task of the network is the elaboration of a systematics of exchange of knowledge and expertise which were built in the training institutions as well as in the universities. The RED fosters different alternative [...]

Latin America
The RIEPESAL is an institutional network of researchers who do research on higher education policy. Unfortunately, RIEPESAL\'s website is outdated (last information from about 2011). The website provides information on conferences, publications and some Open Access articles published by RIEPESAL members. RIEPESAL was founded in 2004 and has its headquarter in the Instituto [...]

Gabon
The portal provides information about the field of Gabonese higher education including its relevant institutions. The website offers details on the single universities, research institutes and Écoles Supérieres of the country, their activities, their administrative structur and official directives. Additionally, the site contains reports published by the Ministry of [...]

Rwanda
The Higher Education Council (HEC) is an independent Government Agency. It is responsible for ensuring the structure, organisation and functioning of higher education institutions, for monitoring and evaluating the quality and standard of provision and for ensuring the quality enhancement of teaching and research. It advises the Minister in charge of Higher Education on all [...]

Cameroon
The Interuniversity Centre for Information and Communication Technologies (CITI) promotes equal access and use of information and communication technologies for the higher education sector. It interconnects the public universities of Cameroon. This means also the providing of products, services and expertise adapted to the needs of the higher education sector.

Algeria
The Regional Conference of Western Universities (CRUO) consists of the following members: Responsible persons of higher education and research institutions which carry out relevant research for the Ministry for Higher Education and Scientifical Research, the representative of the general director of the national bureau for university work and the secretary of the CRUO. The [...]

Finland
The Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER), established in 1968, is a multidisciplinary centre for educational research based at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. It is the home of PISA studies in Finland.

United Kingdom
The Russell Group is an association of 20 major research-intensive universities of the United Kingdom. Formed in 1994 at a meeting convened in Russell Square, the Group is composed of the Vice- Chancellors/Principals of the Universities. The website lists the member universities and contains statements on current issues in education policy.

United Kingdom
The Higher Education Empirical Research (HEER) database comprises summaries of evidence-based published research on a range of topics related to higher education. It is intended for use by policy-makers, academics and researchers in higher education. The HEER database has been developed by the Centre for Higher Education Research and Information (CHERI) of The Open University.

Latin America; Spain
RISEU is a network of researchers on higher education from Latin America and Spain. Its main objective is to support the study of higher education, to constitute a space of academic dialogue, and to develop documentary resources. The website offers links to national research institutions on the same topic, to articles (fulltext), to some statistics, to conferences and [...]

Switzerland
The Swiss Higher Education Conference is the joint organization of the cantons and the Confederation for university politics. It has the power to enforce a number of decisions in defined areas and has the following tasks: Issuing directives on the length of studies and recognition of previous studies and qualifications binding on the partners to the agreement; awarding [...]

Finland
RUSE is the only institution in Finland specialising in research of the sociology of education and educational policy. It does international comparative research in the field of sociology of education and has established in 1998 the European Postgraduate Network together with eight European countries. The homepage provides information about research areas and projects, [...]

Canada
Universities Canada (formerly The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)) is considered to be the national voice for Canadian universities, representing many public and private not-for-profit universities and university degree-level colleges. As an organization its mission is to foster and promote the interests of higher education and university research. By [...]