UNICA Annual Report 2025
12 February 2026
The UNICA Annual Report 2025 reflects a year of strengthened collaboration, shared purpose, and collective achievements across Europe’s university capitals. Marking the network’s 35th anniversary, 2025 was both a milestone and a moment of reflection, celebrating decades of building bridges between academia, policy, and society. Throughout its history, UNICA has provided a platform for universities to connect, exchange knowledge, and address challenges that transcend national borders. This year reaffirmed the network’s enduring role in fostering collaboration, promoting academic excellence, and supporting universities in their contribution to a resilient, inclusive, and forward-looking European higher education and research landscape.
Over 35 years, UNICA has demonstrated the power of cooperation in turning proximity into partnership, diversity into strength, and dialogue into impact. The Annual Report 2025 highlights the network’s continued commitment to empowering its members, reinforcing European higher education and research, and advancing knowledge that serves society and future generations. UNICA’s work underlines the importance of shared values, solidarity, and mutual understanding in tackling global challenges, from sustainability and digital transformation to democratic engagement and social inclusion.
As the network looks to the future, the 35th anniversary year stands as a testament to the vision, dedication, and collective energy of its community, showcasing how European university capitals can work together to shape a stronger, more resilient, and innovative higher education ecosystem.
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