ORCID Member Organizations

Aarhus University was founded in 1928 and is today in the absolute world elite in several research fields .Aarhus University (AU) is among the world's 10 best universities were founded within the last 100 years and has a long history of partnerships with some of the world's best research institutions and university networks. 

Through cooperation with authorities and business AU has a strong commitment to community development.AU aims to contribute to solving global and complex challenges the world faces. Hence the university to unite researchers high professionalism with collaboration across disciplines to combine research in new ways.  

This is done in close touch with the world around us and creates the basis for the university's internationally competitive in research, education, talent development and knowledge exchange.

As the world’s only scholarly blog discovery service, the ACI Scholarly Blog Index was designed with your research in mind.Whether you’re a college or university student or a scientist at a research organization, use ACI’s robust search engine, citation and sharing options, and other workflow tools to empower your scholarly blog research.The ACI Scholarly Blog Index provides access to blog articles written by researchers and academic organizations across a wide variety of disciplines. Our strict editorial process ensures that you can find higher quality articles and filter on more meaningful metrics than traditional search engine results.

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) is a pan-African organisation headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, that recognises individuals who have reached the highest level of excellence in their field of expertise and have made contributions to the advancement of the field in the continent. These individuals are recognised on merit and designated as Fellows of the Academy.There are about 300 AAS Fellows and Associate Fellows who are proven science, technology and innovation leaders, policy advisors and thinkers most of whom live and work throughout the continent. The process of recognition begins by nomination of an individual who may be an African who has excelled in his or her field or a non-African who has recognised expertise on Africa.The AAS is the only continental academy in Africa, enjoying the support and recognition of NEPAD and the African Union as well as several governments and major international partners. These bodies also recognise the think-tank functions of the academy and its increasing role in setting the research agenda for the future development of the continent. 

Airiti Inc. has been the leading academic service company in Taiwan since its establishment in 2000. We provide complete solutions to academic communities by offering author and publisher support services, copyright consultations, digital archive mechanisms, academic research analysis systems, and academic publications. Our mission is to promote the high-quality research performances of scholars in Greater China to the world. Airiti is also one of the DOI registration agencies, which helps in linking professional activity records with researcher ORCIDs accurately.華藝數位股份有限公司 華藝數位股份有限公司成立於2000年，身為華文出版服務的領導品牌，華藝提供學術出版機構及學者全方面的服務，包括出版機構的影響力提升計畫、版權諮詢、研究者的研究資源探勘、研究策略規畫等。2011年，華藝正式成為DOI註冊中心，加上2014年啟動的ORCID導入計畫，將革新華文學術資源的鏈結與辨識方式。研究者可透過華藝收錄的學術資源，包括兩岸三地的期刊論文、學位論文、會議論文集等內容，迅速蒐羅學術生涯中所有的書寫姓名及完整作品，讓研究活動及成果獲得正確地引用，且更快速梳理並展現個人的研究影響力，將華文地區優秀學者及高品質研究推廣至國際。

The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. With more than 163,000 members, ACS is the world's largest scientific society and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals, and scientific conferences. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio. The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society provides the worldwide scientific community with a comprehensive collection of the most-cited, peer-reviewed journals in the chemical and related sciences.

The American Mathematical Society was founded in 1888 to further the interests of mathematics research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its meetings, publications, advocacy, and other programs.

The American Psychological Association is the world's largest association of psychologists, the publisher of over 80 landmark journals in psychology, and the producer of PsycINFO, an expansive abstracting and indexing database devoted to peer-reviewed literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health.  PsycINFO is an ideal discovery and linking tool for scholarly research in a host of disciplines and is among the top used databases worldwide.  APA encourages researchers to register with ORCID to enable accurate linking of researchers with their professional activities, including links in the literature records of PsycINFO.

ASM journals are the most prominent publications in the field, delivering up-to-date coverage of both basic and clinical microbiology. With over 90 years of experience, ASM journals continue to be an authoritative source for the latest in microbial research. The American Society for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 39,000 members today, with more than one third located outside the United States. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators.

ASPB is a professional society devoted to advancing the plant sciences. It publishes two world-class journals and organizes conferences and other activities that are key to the advancement of the science.

The American University of Beirut (AUB) is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution of higher learning founded in 1866. It functions under a charter from the State of New York and is governed by a private, autonomous Board of Trustees. The University has six faculties: Agriculture and Food Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Architecture, Health Sciences, Medicine (including School of Nursing), and School of Business. At present, AUB offers programs leading to Bachelor, Master, MD, and PhD degrees. The Language of instruction is English.

As an ORCID Launch Partner and evangelist, Aries Systems supports ORCID and the many benefits it offers during manuscript workflow. Editorial Manager® (manuscript submission and peer review) and ProduXion Manager® (production tracking) have been integrated with ORCID, allowing publications to accept ORCID IDs from authors, co-authors, reviewers, and editors. Using the ORCID API, Aries delivers a stream of innovative new solutions to the 5,000+ journals that use its platforms. Aries’ mission is to help customers "publish faster, publish smarter," and continuing support of ORCID aligns with this mission.

Founded in 1986, Atlas, as a Japanese system development company, has been working on developing systems for electronic journals in Japan for almost 15 years, as well as systems for academic congresses, online tools for researchers, all of which are to support scholarly communication and scientific research with our information technology.

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a public not-for-profit university funded by the Australian Government.

At Autism Speaks, our goal is to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders. We are dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a possible cure for autism. We strive to raise public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society: and we work to bring hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder. We are committed to raising the funds necessary to support these goals. Autism Speaks aims to bring the autism community together as one strong voice to urge the government and private sector to listen to our concerns and take action to address this urgent global health crisis. It is our firm belief that, working together, we will find the missing pieces of the puzzle.

Boston University is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world. We are committed to support and enhance a world-class faculty whose members are dedicated to teaching and engaged in research, scholarship, and their professions. We strive to strengthen scholarship and research through the support of key disciplinary graduate programs, and to increase our emphasis on interdisciplinary research and graduate education in order to expand our leadership in important fields and the collaborative atmosphere across our campuses. Boston University is proud to be a 2012 ORCID Launch Partner and Early Adopter (http://www.bu.edu/orcid).

The British Library is a partner in the European ODIN project. ODIN (ORCID - DataCite Interoperability Network) aims to use persistent interoperable identifiers to connect people with scholarly digital objects. ODIN's proof-of-concept tool allows researchers to connect their doctoral thesis listed in the British Library's EThOS database to their ORCID profile. A PhD thesis is often a researcher's first 'publication', but lacks the visibility of more formally published material. The ODIN import tool for EThOS increases awareness of these important research outputs and links them to an author's portfolio of works listed in ORCID.

Brunel University is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1966 and is named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Editage, the flagship brand of Cactus Communications (CACTUS) has been providing English-language editing and author support services to the academic and scholarly communities worldwide since 2002. We provide specialized expertise to help our clients overcome language, market, cost, and resource barriers, allowing them to achieve their communication goals and to accelerate the development of global science. Editage collaborates with journals, publishers, universities, and societies to provide editorial services to their authors, and to assist these institutions with customized pre-production support, including pre-peer review screening, language polishing, transcription, translation, and advisory services. We conduct educational workshops and seminars to help authors and editors understand and implement good publication practices, standards, and ethics. Editage strives to serve the growing need for transparency and research integrity in the academic and scientific communities, and to promote the free flow of information among researchers, worldwide.

The mission of the California Institute of Technology is to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education. We investigate the most challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society.

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology is at the heart of technology education and innovation in Africa. . The university has six faculties offering a wide range of accredited undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of Applied Sciences, Business and Management Sciences, Education, Engineering, Informatics and Design as well as Health and Wellness Sciences. It has an enrolment of more than 30 000 students.Research focus areas include: bio-economy and biotechnology; space science and technology; energy, climate-change, and environment; human and social dynamics, including issues related to service delivery, economic growth and international competitiveness, and design for sustainability.

Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The university offers 65 programs of study in areas as diverse as public affairs, journalism, film studies, engineering, high technology and international studies. Carleton’s interdisciplinary and international approach to research has led to many significant discoveries and creative works in science and technology, business, governance, public policy and the arts. Carleton’s ORCID membership is a joint initiative of the MacOdrum Library in partnership with the Carleton University Research Office (CURO), and the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International).

Chalmers is a highly progressive university situated in Gothenburg, Sweden. From this beautiful and dynamic part of the world we have become known locally and globally for education, research, and innovation with a wide range of applications.

Cineca is a not for profit Consortium, made up of 70 Italian universities, 4 Italian Research Institutions and the Italian Ministry of Education. Today the Consortium is the largest Italian computing centre and one of the most important worldwide. With more than nine hundred employees, it operates in the technological transfer sector through high performance scientific computing, the management and development of networks and web based services, and the development of complex information systems for managing large amounts of data.

Cineca develops advanced Information Technology applications and services, acting like a /trait-d'union/ between the academic world, the sphere of pure research and the world of industry and Public Administration.

City University of Hong Kong (CityU), a dynamic higher education institution uniquely located at the heart of Asia's World City, pursues excellence, promotes innovation and nurtures creativity. Founded in 1984, our vision is to be a leading university for professional education and research in Asia, committed to the cross-fertilisation and mutual enrichment of different cultures and intellectual traditions.CityU has achieved phenomenal growth since its establishment. The University now has a student population of more than 20,000, and our distinguished faculty members are recruited from all over the world. We have established an excellent international network for academic collaborations, and have developed agreements with around 300 higher institutions in 37 countries/jurisdictions for more than 370 exchange programmes.CityU has also established itself as one of the most innovative universities in Asia, pioneering research in areas as diverse as creative media, energy and the environment, and veterinary medicine. We are dedicated to pursuing a research agenda designed to bring benefits to society, and create applicable knowledge to support social and economic advancement.

Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science Business of Thomson Reuters, accelerates the pace of innovation by providing trusted insights and analytics to customers around the world, enabling them to discover, protect and commercialize new ideas, faster.

As the owners, curators and analysts of the most complete and authoritative knowledgebase, Clarivate will continue to deliver the products and services that customers have come to trust and value.

Our many well‐known brands include the Web of ScienceTM, CortellisTM, Thomson InnovationTM, Derwent World Patents IndexTM, Thomson CompuMarkTM, MarkMonitor® and TechstreetTM, among others.

We are committed to using best-in-class technology that enables expert solutions to be delivered consistently and with confidence. Customers at the leading edge of innovation, rely on our combination of technology, judgment and long-established experience to help grow their businesses.

Those working within the lifecycle of innovation who strive to make a difference are at the heart of what we do.

 accelerates the pace of innovation by providing trusted insights and analytics to customers around the world, enabling them to discover, protect and commercialize new ideas, faster.

As the owners, curators and analysts of the most complete and authoritative knowledgebase, Clarivate will continue to deliver the products and services that customers have come to trust and value.

Our many well‐known brands include the Web of ScienceTM, CortellisTM, Thomson InnovationTM, Derwent World Patents IndexTM, Thomson CompuMarkTM, MarkMonitor® and TechstreetTM, among others.

We are committed to using best-in-class technology that enables expert solutions to be delivered consistently and with confidence. Customers at the leading edge of innovation, rely on our combination of technology, judgment and long-established experience to help grow their businesses.

Those working within the lifecycle of innovation who strive to make a difference are at the heart of what we do.

Copenhagen Business School (CBS) was established in 1917. Today, with 20,000 students and 1,500 employees, CBS is one of the largest business schools in Europe and one of the 8 Danish universities

CrossRef has authoritative metadata on over 70 million items of scholarly content - journal articles, conference proceedings articles and books and book chapters. CrossRef serves as a digital hub for the scholarly communications community. As a global not-for profit membership organization of scholarly publishers, CrossRef provides a wide spectrum of services for identifying, locating, linking to, and assessing the reliability and provenance of scholarly content.

At DATA180, we're on a mission to put smart technology to work for academe and other research-focused institutions.  FACULTY180, our faculty activity reporting and performance evaluation solution, is designed to improve data management with enhanced collection and reporting capabilities.   Through the creation of a "faculty data hub," we have focused on establishing partnerships with leaders in the research-data ecosystem to foster synergies that benefit faculty members, researchers, and administrators.  Learn more about us at www.data180.com

De Montfort University (DMU) is a dynamic institution with a long and vibrant history of improving people’s lives through education.

Digital Measures focuses exclusively on web-based data management and reporting for universities. More than 250,000 faculty members at 60% of the largest 500 universities in the United States trust Activity Insight (TM), the industry standard faculty activity reporting solution. Founded in 1999, the company is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Find out more at digitalmeasures.com.

Dove Medical Press Ltd is a privately held UK company publishing international open access peer-reviewed journals. Established in 2003 and with 112 journals and more than 27,000 papers published, we specialize in the rapid publication of quality peer-reviewed open access journals across the broad spectrum of science, technology, and especially medicine.

With approximately 23 000 students, the Durban University of Technology (DUT) is the first choice for higher education in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). It is located in the beautiful cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg (PMB). As a University of Technology, it prioritises the quality of teaching and learning by ensuring its academic staff possess the highest possible qualification that they can get.The Durban University of Technology is a result of the merger in April 2002 of two prestigious technikons, ML Sultan and Technikon Natal. It was named the Durban Institute of Technology and later became the Durban University of Technology in line with the rest of the universities of technology.DUT, a member of the International Association of Universities, is a multi-campus university of technology at the cutting edge of higher education, technological training and research. The university aspires to be a “preferred university for developing leadership in technology and productive citizenship”, and to “making knowledge useful”.As a butterfly develops from a pupa, so have the students at our institution. From the moment they register as green freshers, to their capping at the hallowed graduation ceremony, our students undergo an intellectual evolution.

ECS was founded in 1902 as an international nonprofit, educational organization concerned with a broad range of phenomena relating to electrochemical and solid-state science and technology. The Electrochemical Society has more than 8,000 scientists and engineers in over 70 countries worldwide who hold individual membership, as well as roughly 100 corporations and laboratories that hold corporate membership. ECS’s objectives are: to advance the theory and practice of electrochemistry, solid-state science, and allied subjects; to encourage research and dissemination of knowledge in these fields; and to assure the availability of adequate training and education of fundamental and applied scientists and engineers in these fields. Born as the American Electrochemical Society in 1902, the Society’s name was changed to The Electrochemical Society in 1930 to more accurately reflect its international activities and membership. ECS has grown and continued to respond to the changing technical needs and interests of its members. ECS continues to disseminate information through individual membership, corporate membership, student services, technical journals, a quarterly news magazine, books, technical meetings, awards; and to provide networking contacts through ECS’s Divisions and Sections. ECS bridges the gaps among academia, research, and engineering—bringing together scientists from around the world for the exchange of technical information.

The open-access journal for outstanding research in life science and biomedicine: eLife Sciences is the non-profit, researcher driven joint initiative of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and the Wellcome Trust to change peer review and improve the way research is presented and shared.

Emory University, a top-ranked private institution recognized internationally for its outstanding liberal arts colleges, graduate and professional schools, and one of the world's leading health care systems, is located on a beautiful campus in Atlanta, Georgia's historic Druid Hills neighborhood. Whatever your interest in Emory, we would welcome your visit to campus.

The European Bioinformatics Institute is part of EMBL, Europe’s flagship laboratory for the life sciences. EMBL-EBI provides freely available data from life science experiments covering the full spectrum of molecular biology. While we are best known for our provision of bioinformatics services, about 20% of our institute is devoted to basic research. Our extensive training programme helps researchers in academia and industry to make the most of the incredible amount of data being produced every day in life science experiments. We are a non-profit, intergovernmental organisation funded by EMBL member states. Our 500 staff represent 43 nationalities, and we welcome a regular stream of visiting scientists throughout the year. We are located on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in Hinxton, Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

F1000Prime is an in-depth directory of the top articles in biology and medicine, as recommended by a Faculty of over 5,000 expert scientists and clinical researchers, assisted by 5,000 associates. The service covers over 40 disciplines and more than 3,500 journals. Articles are rated and expert commentaries explain their importance.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting the public health by assuring that foods, human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products, cosmetics, and medical devices intended for human use are safe and effective. FDA also regulates tobacco products and advances innovation to address unmet public health needs.  FDA is a science-based regulatory agency and a critical component to the success of the nation’s public health, health care systems, and economy. The agency’s core responsibility is to protect consumers by applying the best possible science to its regulatory activities. Consequently, advancing regulatory science – the science of developing new tools, standards, and approaches to assess the safety, efficacy, quality, and performance of FDA-regulated products – and innovation is one of FDA’s top strategic priorities.

The mission of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death. The Center, located in Seattle, Washington, conducts research of the highest standards to improve prevention and treatment of cancer and related diseases.  The Hutchinson Center has been at the forefront of disease research since being founded in 1975. Our groundbreaking accomplishments include: advancing new leukemia treatments, helping develop a vaccine that blocks most cervical cancers, spearheading immunotherapies against cancer, and pioneering bone marrow transplantation.

Ghent University (Ghent University) was founded in 1817 by King William I of Orange.
 

The past 200 years Ghent University had many eminent scientists such as Nobel Prize winners Corneel Heymans and Maurice Maeterlinck, Leo Baekeland, Joseph Guislain, Walter Fiers, Marc Van Montagu, Peter Piot, Marleen Temmerman, Etienne Vermeersch, ...

You'll also find a lot of personalities among ourgraduates, such as Robert Cailliau (co-inventor Internet), Dirk Frimout (astronaut), Gerard Mortier (opera intendant), Peter Piot (United Nations), Jacques Rogge (former Chairman IOC) and Guy Verhofstadt (Minister of State).

Today, Ghent University is a top 100 university with over 41,000 students and 9,000 employees one of the largest universities in the Dutch language.

More than 100 academic departments offer more than230 courses to. Disciplines such as biotechnology, aquaculture, microelectronics and history enjoy worldwide fame.

Ghent University is a creative community of staff, students and alumni, connected by engagement, openness and pluralism .

The purpose of the Gordon Institute of Business Science is to significantly improve individual and organisational performance through business education.A great business school is a place that has significant impact on your life, on your career and on your working life - whether you are an individual doing a programme, or an executive in a company.GIBS was established in 2000 to be a place where people with potential, healthy ambition and respect for best practice are willing to engage like-minded peers and colleagues. The campus and its facilities have been designed to create a learning environment in which we all stretch our thinking, challenge existing ideas and develop a personal and organisational sense of where we need to go next. South Africa is a country that will continue to be challenged by the tension between its history and its future. Business leaders thrive on this tension as they look for opportunities to add value and generate prosperity for themselves and others. It is our hope that GIBS be a business school for and from the business community. Positioned in Sandton, Johannesburg, we partner with leading companies and are fortunate to attract the type of person to this campus who wants to make a significant impact.GIBS is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the Council of Higher Education (CHE) and a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). The business school is also a member of the South African Business Schools Association (SABSA), the African Association of Business Schools (AABS) and the Academy of Business in Society (EABIS).

Griffith is one of Australia's leading research universities with strengths ranging from the creative arts, social sciences, and humanities to science, engineering and health. The University exhibits national and world leading excellence in areas of strategic focus that include water science, criminology, health and chronic diseases, drug discovery, quantum physics, climate change adaptation, music, sustainable tourism and political science.

Hanken is a leading, internationally accredited university with over a hundred years of experience in education and research in economics and business administration. Our research is of an international high standard and is the foundation for all education. Hanken has close ties to the business community and an active alumni network with over 12 000 alumni working in more than 60 countries. The study environment is international and we have campuses in Helsinki and Vaasa, Finland.

Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Harvard has more than 360,000 alumni around the world.

We are one of the UK's leading universities for business and industry with a reputation for innovative education, enterprise and leading edge, applied research.

Hofstra University and Northwell Health are partners in the establishment and operation of the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine (formerly Hofstra Northshore-LIJ School of Medicine). The School of Medicine is built upon the strong clinical and graduate medical education programs of the Health System and the robust research and academic programs of Hofstra University and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at Northwell Health. Northwell Health (formerly North Shore-LIJ Health System) is an expansive healthcare network that includes 21 hospitals, the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and over 450 patient facilities and physician practices. 

The Hong Kong Polytechnic was formally established on 1 August 1972, taking over the campus and staff of the Hong Kong Technical College. Its mandate was to provide application-oriented education to meet the community's need for professional manpower resources. In the academic year 1971/72, before its handing over to the Polytechnic, the Technical College had just over 1,700 full-time day, 740 part-time day release and 9,340 part-time evening students in eight teaching departments. With most of the College's courses at technician and craft levels already transferred to the Morrison Hill Technical Institute established in 1969, the new Polytechnic started off focusing on achieving teaching standards appropriate to a Polytechnic. Since then, the Polytechnic has undergone extensive development and rapid expansion. The Institution launched its first five degree programmes in 1983, and introduced its first MPhil and PhD programmes in 1986 and 1989 respectively. With approval from the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee for self-accreditation of degree programmes, the Institution assumed full university status on 25 November 1994, changing its name to "The Hong Kong Polytechnic University". In 2012/13, the total number of students at PolyU exceeded 32,000, of which more than 17,000 were enrolled in governmentfunded programmes. Independent reviews conducted by the University Grants Committee confirmed PolyU's outstanding performance. PolyU has played an important role in the different stages of social and economic development of our community, helping to propel progress in Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and the world. Apart from nurturing the much needed talents and professionals for society, PolyU also excels in research and innovation, and provides an expanding range of consultancy, professional training and services. Through applying research results to meet commercial and community needs and maintaining close partnerships with the business and industry, the University has been able to turn innovative ideas into practical use, bringing benefits to mankind.

Kuopio University Hospital is one of the five university hospitals in Finland. We are in charge of the demanding specialised medical care of nearly a million patients. During the next decade, Kuopio University Hospital will be upgraded to become one of Europe's most modern hospitals.

Our most important task is to provide the best possible care to our patients in all fields of specialised medical care. We also engage in internationally recognised research and educate new top experts in Finnish health care.

At the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, we are dramatically advancing the art and science of medical care through an atmosphere of intense collaborative learning, social concern, and scholarly inquiry.

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was established in 1975 to identify and analyze national and international strategies and policies for meeting the food needs of the developing world on a sustainable basis, with particular emphasis on low-income countries and on the poorer groups in those countries. IFPRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium.

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is a non-profit, scientific research organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in developing countries. It is headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with regional offices across Asia and Africa. IWMI works in partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector to develop scalable agricultural water management solutions that have a real impact on poverty reduction, food security and ecosystem health. IWMI is a member of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future.

IOP Publishing provides a range of journals, ebooks, magazines, conference proceedings and websites for the scientific community. These products and services enable researchers and research organisations to reach the widest possible audience for their research. We combine the culture of a learned society with global reach and highly efficient and effective publishing systems and processes.

Irstea is a research organization which, since more than 30 years, works on major issues of a responsible agriculture and territories sustainable planning, water management and related risks, drought, floods, inundations, the biodiversity and complex ecosystems study in their interrelation with human activities.Multidisciplinary research, appraisal and support to "agri-environmental" public policies ", partnership with territorial authorities and actors of the economic world, such are the characteristics of Irstea, qualified "Carnot Institute". In the continuity of the research model of Cemagref, every day our engineers and our researchers put a lot of themselves into their mission : to take up the challenge of global change comprehension for a sustainable and environmentally friendly development.

Chronos – a new workflow tool designed to provide an infrastructure for researchers, funders and publishers participating in Open Access Publishing. Chronos features a searchable database of journals compliant with research funders’ Open Access policies, connects researchers directly to journals’ submission systems, coordinates open access fee payments for the funder with the publisher upon acceptance, and supports compliancy by overseeing the deposition of papers to designated repositories.

Founded in 1890, Karger Publishers is a leading international biomedical publisher based in Basel, Switzerland. Karger publishes over 90 subscription and open access journals as well as approximately 50 book titles annually, primarily in English. Their publication range covers numerous medical disciplines for both the research and clinical markets. Embracing the corporate philosophy 'Connecting the World of Biomedical Science', Karger endeavors to connect people who want to share their research experience with those wishing to expand their knowledge. Rich in tradition, Karger remains true to this philosophy while at the same time keeps pace with new technologies and industry standards. Their dedication to developing practical solutions in an evolving market is a reflection of Karger's strong commitment to meeting the information needs of today's scientific community. Visit Karger online: www.karger.com.

We’re Keele University and we’re different. Founded more than 60 years ago on the belief that we meet the demands of a new kind of society, economy and world, our principles resonate now more than ever.

Nestled in 600 acres of countryside in the heart of the UK, many of our students and a number of our staff live, as well as study and work here. It’s a big campus but a small and cosmopolitan community. We operate on a human scale, providing people the space to think and plenty to do, with a vast array of clubs, societies, activities and volunteering opportunities.

We successively rank at the very top of student satisfaction surveys. This is because it’s more than green and lovely, it’s a place of research and academic excellence too. Whether it’s Health, Humanities and Social Sciences or Natural Sciences, whatever your area of study, we deliver a unique and international learning experience. We teach in small groups, provide one-to-one access to our academics and value the quality of our teaching as highly as our research.Our degree programmes and foundation years have always been distinctively challenging, flexible and foster a broader based knowledge. Our interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach doesn’t just underpin a wonderful education but powers our world leading research. All of which also means we deliver greater impact and value from our research and teaching, globally as well as locally.It’s little wonder our students and alumni are as individual as the University itself: progressive and accomplished, clear about who they are and what they want to be, equipped to meet some of the big challenges the world today presents, for the good of society and enterprise.It’s the Keele difference.

Founded in 2007, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research is an independent, non-profit coeducational institution, dedicated to the advancement of learning through teaching and research and to the discovery and application of knowledge. The University offers BSc, MSc, and PhD programs in engineering, applied mathematics and science, and a MA in international civil security.  Khalifa University is actively developing an international network of partners, faculty members, and research programs to advance regionally relevant research and innovation in the UAE and the region at large.

With a strong emphasis on science, technology and innovation, Khalifa University aligns its academic offerings, research programs and mission very closely with Abu Dhabi’s 2030 plan which seeks to establish an economic transformation of the Emirate. Specific strategic sectors of the UAE economy around which the University is focusing its efforts are: Information and Communication Technology; Aerospace, Transport & Logistics; Energy & the Environment; Healthcare; and Security.  Currently, Khalifa University enrolls approximately 1800 students in programs accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education (UAE) and the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (USA).

To be internationally recognised for a creative approach to education that has practical outcomes which benefit people and communities.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology is the largest, oldest and most international technical university in Sweden. No less than one-third of Sweden's technical research and engineering education capacity at university level is provided by KTH. Education and research spans from natural sciences to all the branches of engineering and includes architecture, industrial management and urban planning.

Located on a beautiful campus in the North West of England, the University places great emphasis on a strongstudent experience and employability and gives students access to academics who are experts in their field.

Lancaster is one of only a handful of universities with a collegiate system which has helped to forge a strong sense of identity and loyalty, and continues to be a distinctive feature of student life at Lancaster. Students from one hundred countries make up a thriving community based around our nine colleges, creating a culturally diverse campus in a location that boasts the combination of city, coast and countryside.

Lancaster's community extends far beyond the campus with research, teaching and student exchange partnerships with leading universities and institutions in 24 countries around the world.

Lancaster's journey has been a remarkable one, and it is now amongst the top one per cent of universities in the world, with an ambitious strategic plan.

Here at Leeds Beckett, we are a modern professional university with ambition.

Based in the vibrant city of Leeds, the biggest financial district outside of London, our vision is to be acknowledged for our commitment to student success, innovation and enterprise, global reach, and strong local impact.

Our aspiration is to help create great graduates, exceptional employees, dynamic citizens and enterprising leaders and we work closely with employers and partners to ensure that our graduates are ready for work, ready for life, and ready to seize the opportunities that lie ahead.

At London Business School, we strive to have a profound impact on the way the world does business. Our communal spirit creates an environment where we support and inspire, helping our people achieve their fullest potential.

We challenge how things are done and we teach our students to constantly question and innovate. We believe in providing our students with the most diverse, world-class and rewarding business education in the world.Over four decades, our graduates have increased tenfold and our executive programme participants twenty fold. One thousand alumni have become more than 39,000, with 87 alumni clubs stretching across every continent. 

Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice

Lund University was founded in 1666 and for a number of years has been ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 42,000 students and more than 7,500 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö, Sweden. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition. Lund University offers one of the broadest ranges of programmes and courses in Scandinavia, based on cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge research. The compact university campus encourages networking and creates the conditions for scientific breakthroughs and innovations. The University has a clear international profile, with partner universities in over 70 countries. We have got one of Sweden’s strongest and broadest portfolios of research activities which are carried out at eight faculties. Over 30 of our research fields are world-leading, according to independent evaluations.

Manchester Metropolitan University is one of the largest campus-based universities in the UK with a total student population of over 36,000. Our claim is to be the University for world-class professionals with an emphasis on vocational education and employability.

Our roots in higher education date back to 1824, and we are committed to a strong future through a £350million investment in our buildings and facilities.

The University was initially developed as a centre of Technology, Art and Design from Manchester Mechanics’ Institution (1824) and Manchester School of Design (1838). Later Schools of Commerce (founded 1889), Education (f. 1878) and Domestic Science (f. 1880) were added along with colleges at Didsbury, Crewe, Alsager and the former Domestic and Trades College (f. 1911), latterly Hollings College. The painter L. S. Lowry attended the art school in the years after the First World War where he was taught by the noted impressionist Adolphe Valette.

Our Mission

Marymount is a comprehensive Catholic university, guided by the traditions of theReligious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, that emphasizes intellectual curiosity, service to others, and a global perspective. A Marymount education is grounded in the liberal arts, promotes career preparation, and provides opportunities for personal and professional growth. A student‐centered learning community that values diversity and focuses on the education of the whole person, Marymount guides the intellectual, ethical, and spiritual development of each individual.

Our Vision

Marymount University will be known as a comprehensive Catholic university and the institution of choice for students, faculty, and staff. Marymount will distinguish itself through a culture of engagement that fosters intellectual curiosity, service to others, and a global perspective.

The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century — whether the focus is cancer, energy, economics or literature.

The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century — whether the focus is cancer, energy, economics or literature.

MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) is an academic open access publisher based in Basel, Switzerland, and was initially founded in 1996 to collect and preserve rare chemical research samples. To support the samples project, MDPI started the journal Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) the same year.Since 1996, MDPI has grown into a publishing house with more than 140 diverse open access journals and over 2,3 million webpage views each month. With further editorial offices in Beijing and Wuhan (China), MDPI is backed by over 6,500 editorial board members worldwide.

National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) is a research-led comprehensive university located in Tainan, Taiwan.  Since its establishment in 1931, NCKU has nurtured countless social elites and leaders under the trailblazing efforts of its faculties and staffs. NCKU is one of the most prestigious universities in Taiwan, with a high reputation in science, engineering, medicine, management, planning, and design. The university is a role model for the transformation of Taiwan’s higher-educational institutes, and is also an important pillar of the country’s economic and industrial structure.

National Chiao Tung University was founded in 1896 (the 22nd year of the Kuanghsu Era of the Ching Dynasty). The school’s original name was Nanyang College. In 1912, it was renamed the Shanghai Vocational College of Higher Education. In 1921, it was renamed again Chiao Tung University. And in 1937, it was renamed once more National Chiao Tung University (NCTU).Vision: To be the best researching university which consists of outstanding academic skills and technology applications, and which contributes the most to the society.Philosophy (Mission):
Create knowledge.Apply knowledge to make contributions to the society.Train students to become outstanding people who own independent thoughts, creativity, and are concerned for the society.
Strategy: Integrate electronic engineering, computer science with biology and social studies to establish a cross-domain team which brings great contribution to the society.

The mission of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is to maintain a health research system in which the NHS supports outstanding individuals, working in world class facilities, conducting leading edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public. The NIHR is a large, multi-faceted and nationally distributed organisation, funded through the Department of Health to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. Since its establishment in April 2006, the NIHR has worked with key partners involved in the different elements of NHS research to transform research in the NHS. It has increased the volume of applied health research for the benefit of patients and the public, driven faster translation of basic science discoveries into tangible benefits for patients and the economy and developed and supported the people who conduct and contribute to applied health research

The National Research Council Canada (NRC) is the Government of Canada's premier research and technology organization. Working with clients and partners, we provide innovation support, strategic research, and scientific and technical services. / Le Conseil national de recherches Canada (CNRC) est la principale organisation de recherche et de technologie du gouvernement du Canada. De concert avec nos clients et partenaires, nous facilitons l'innovation, effectuons des recherches stratégiques et dispensons des services scientifiques et techniques.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is a leading academic institution and comprehensive research and development center in natural science, technological science and high-tech innovation in China. It was founded in Beijing on 1st November 1949 on the basis of the former Academia Sinica (Central Academy of Sciences) and Peiping Academy of Sciences.  The mission of the CAS is to conduct research in basic and technological sciences; to undertake nationwide integrated surveys on natural resources and ecological environment; to provide the country with scientific data and advice for governmental decision-making, and to undertake government-assigned projects with regard to key S&T problems in the process of social and economic development; to initiate personnel training; and to promote China's high-tech enterprises by its active involvement in these areas.

National Taiwan University College of Medicine (NTUCM), which was founded in 1897, is the leading medical institution in Taiwan and aims to become a medical college of excellence in the Asia-Pacific region. NTUCM has accumulated substantial achievements in academic research. The pioneer research fields include translational medicine, snake venom in pharmacology, EB virus in nasopharyngeal cancers, transplantation medicine, hepatitis virus in liver diseases, Asian functional genomics and infectious diseases. NTUCM has continuously been promoting international academic exchange and collaboration with worldwide institutions. Our mission is to cultivate prominent and professional leaders for the future biomedicine through outstanding education, innovative research and vibrant culture. Currently National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) healthcare system consists of 7 affiliated hospitals and 1 cancer center.

Northumbria is a research-rich, business-focused, professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. It is based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne, which is regularly voted the best place in the UK for students.

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a consortium of major Ph.D.-granting academic institutions. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, we manage the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). From our 100+ member university consortium to our strategic partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), we bring togetheruniversity faculty and students to collaborate on major scientific initiatives that help keep America on the leading edge of science andtechnology. In addition, we leverage the collective capabilities of our university consortium by partnering with other national laboratories,government agencies, and private industry to:

• Strengthen America’s scientific research and education enterprise to enhance global competitiveness

• Build public trust and confidence in the management of worker health and environmental clean-up initiatives

• Enhance our nation’s preparedness to respond to emergencies to terrorist incidents, natural disasters and health threats

Open Therapeutics focuses on eliminating obstacles to global research and collaboration by encouraging scientific peer-to-peer communication, stimulating synergies in scientific R&D, and significantly driving down research costs – ultimately making healthcare accessible and affordable to the global community. Through our crowd-sourcing web platform, we gather and enhance research, clinical and interactive data, developing a wide-array of assets and useful information then made available to the scientific community.

Oregon State is a leading public research university located in Corvallis, one of the safest, smartest, greenest small cities in the nation.

Founded in 1868, Oregon State is the state’s Land Grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to have Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grantdesignations.

As Oregon’s leading public research university, with $308.9 million in external funding in the 2015 fiscal year, Oregon State’s impact reaches across the state and beyond.

With 11 colleges, 15 Agricultural Experiment Stations, 35 county Extension offices, the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport and OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon State has a presence in every one of Oregon’s 36 counties, with a statewide economic footprint of $2.232 billion.

Founded in 2012 and with over 500,000 registered users, Overleaf is an academic authorship tool that allows seamless collaboration and effortless manuscript submission, all underpinned by cloud-technology. By providing an intuitive online collaborative writing and publishing platform, Overleaf is making the process of writing, editing and publishing scientific documents quicker and easier. Researchers and academics can now write, collaborate, and publish with a single click, directly from the Overleaf web-app. Publishers and Institutions are partnering with Overleaf to provide customized writing templates, simple reference tool linking, and one-click publishing submission links.

Overleaf aims to make science and research faster, more open and more transparent by bringing the whole scientific writing process into one place in the cloud - from idea, to writing, to review, to publication.

Visit https://www.overleaf.com and follow @overleaf  on Twitter.

Founded by scientists and supported by University of Jyväskylä and University of Eastern Finland, Peerage of Science provides a new article submission and peer review service, for the scientific community and for academic publishers and organisations.

PNAS is one of the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials. Since its establishment in 1914, it continues to publish cutting-edge research reports, commentaries, reviews, perspectives, colloquium papers, and actions of the Academy. Coverage in PNAS spans the biological, physical, and social sciences. PNAS is published weekly in print, and daily online in PNAS Early Edition.

The University of Portsmouth will deliver transformational education, research and innovation by:

recognising and sustaining our strengths in undergraduate education and growing our provision in the areas of postgraduate, part-time, CPD and flexible modes of studybuilding on our financial strength and increasing the contribution to income that comes from research and commercial activitiesensuring every student takes part in career enhancing activities, such as placements, exchanges, enterprise, volunteering or work-based learningestablishing nationally and internationally recognised cross-discipline thematic areas that address key issues facing societycreating a network of strategic global partnerships to support internationalisationraising expectations and creating ladders of opportunity for people in our region to take part in higher educationsupporting and developing our people to deliver excellence with commitment and passiondeveloping a flexible physical and digital environment that promotes enjoyment and engagement within a community of learning and discoverybeing a proud part of Portsmouth and our region, working in partnership to support and influence the economic, educational, social and cultural life of the city

The Public Knowledge Project is a non-profit research initiative of Simon Fraser University and Stanford University that is focused on making the results of publicly funded research freely available through open access policies, and on developing strategies for making this possible through open source software development, publishing services, professional capacity building, and community participation.

Publons' mission is to speed up science by harnessing the power of peer review. Publons collects and verifies review information and provides formal recognition to the researchers and editors that work tirelessly to bring trust and transparency to the research literature. Publons is the world's largest peer review repository: trusted by 4 of the top 7 publishers in the world, integrating with more than 1,000 journals, and providing recognition to more than 80,000 researchers.

Queen's prides itself on the quality of its academic leadership, with a united team of academics and professional services directorates working together to deliver its Vision.The University is led by its President and Vice-Chancellor, supported by the Registrar and Chief Operating Officer and Pro-Vice-Chancellors.

Redalyc es un sistema de información científica y plataforma de revistas científicas arbitradas de acceso abierto editadas en Iberoamérica. Con el servicio RedalycAutores un autor puede identificar sus trabajos publicados en revistas indizadas en Redalyc y crear su página de autor, integrar su producción con otras plataformas como ORCID y conocer los indicadores y descargas de artículos.
Redalyc is a scientific information system, a platform of open access peer-reviewed journals published in Latin America, The Caribbean, Spain and Portugal. RedalycAutores is a service provided by Redalyc that enables an author to identify papers published in journals indexed by this system, create the author homepage, integrate its papers with other platforms such as ORCID and access to author-metrics and download statistics.

Set in the heart of Houston, Texas, the nation’s fourth-largest city, Rice is a comprehensive research university that fosters diversity and an intellectual environment that produces the next generation of leaders and advances tomorrow’s thinking.

The RSC is the largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Supported by a worldwide network of members and an international publishing business, our activities span education, conferences, science policy and the promotion of chemistry to the public.

The University of Roehampton, formerly Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, is a public university in the United Kingdom, situated on three major sites in Roehampton, south-west London.

Matters is the next-generation science journal where you can publish single observations and extend them in real-time. Matters offers a unique triple-blind peer review process to ensure maximum fairness, is fast, open access and very affordable.

SciPress is a scientific publishing house located in Switzerland, near Zurich, with a strong focus on theoretical and applied physical sciences, engineering, earth sciences, social sciences and humanities. All over the world SciPress provides web open access to databases of scientific research in various fields, written as high quality stand-alone papers or compiled as special topic volumes, proceedings of international conferences and monographs. SciPress developed a user and scientist friendly web interface, providing simple yet efficient and easy-to-use system for uploading and reviewing papers. To keep up with the times, the company is always looking for new solutions to give the best possible support and service to its authors. By implementing users’ ideas, SciPress integrates advanced algorithms in its ePlatform to deliver a smarter user experience to help authors improve and develop their scientific ideas and increase their research visibility.  

The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid dissemination of scholarly research in the social sciences and humanities. The number one SS&H repository in the world, with networks that span across multiple disciplines, SSRN has close to 600,000 papers from over 260,000 authors and users have downloaded 80 million PDFs from the SSRN eLibrary. SSRN strongly supports Open Access by allowing authors and organizations to upload scholarly papers for free, and users around the world to download them for free. Research organizations and publishers also upload research to the SSRN eLibrary and often allow their papers to be downloaded for free. Users can subscribe to eJournals, with abstracts, associated metadata, and links to full text PDFs covering a broad range of subject areas.

The Society of Exploration Geophysicists is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the science of applied geophysics and the education of geophysicists. SEG, founded in 1930, fosters the expert and ethical practice of geophysics in the exploration and development of natural resources, in characterizing the near surface, and in mitigating earth hazards.

Springer Science+Business Media is a leading global scientific publisher, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content via innovative information products and services. Springer is also a trusted local-language publisher in Europe – especially in Germany and the Netherlands – primarily for physicians and professionals working in the automotive, transport and healthcare sectors. Roughly 2,000 journals and more than 7,000 new books are published by Springer each year, and the group is home to the world’s largest STM eBook collection, as well as the most comprehensive portfolio of open access journals. Springer employs more than 7,000 individuals across the globe and in 2011 generated sales of approximately EUR 875 million.

Stellenbosch University (SU) is home to an academic community of 29000 students (including 4000 foreign students from 100 countries) as well as 3000 permanent staff members (including 1000 academics) on five campuses.The historical oak-lined university town amongst the Boland Mountains inthe winelands of the Western Cape creates a unique campus atmosphere, which attracts local and foreign students alike. On the main campus, paved walkways wind between campus buildings – some dating from previouscenturies; others just a few years old. Architecture from various erasattests to the sound academic foundation and establishment of aninstitution of excellence. This, together with the scenic beauty of the area; state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly facilities and technology,as well as visionary thinking about the creation of a sustainable 21st-century institution, makes for the unique character of Stellenbosch University.

Tampere University of Technology is one of the two Finnish universities operating in the form of a foundation. The foundation model promotes the development of education and research at TUT and gives the University good prerequisites to succeed amid growing international competition. The proceeds of the 137 million euro foundation capital enable further investment in new openings in research and education as well as in the development of quality and operations management.

Temple University is many things to many people. A place to pursue life's passions. A nurturing learning environment. A hotbed of research. An engine of employment. A melting pot of ideas and innovation. An incubator for tomorrow's leaders.  

Located in College Station, Texas, (about 90 miles northwest of Houston and within a two- to three-hour drive from Austin and Dallas), Texas A&M's main campus is home to over 59,000 students, with more than 436,000 former students worldwide.

The Catholic University of America is unique as the national university of the Catholic Church and as the only higher education institution founded by the U.S. bishops. Established in 1887 as a papally chartered graduate and research center, the University began offering undergraduate education in 1904.

The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world'smost distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering,and medicine. The Society's fundamental purpose, as it has been since itsfoundation in 1660, is to recognise, promote, and support excellence inscience and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefitof humanity.

The Society's strategic priorities emphasise its commitment to the highestquality science, to curiosity-driven research, and to the development anduse of science for the benefit of society. These priorities are:

Promoting science and its benefitsRecognising excellence in scienceSupporting outstanding scienceProviding scientific advice for policyFostering international and global cooperationEducation and public engagement

The University of Tasmania is a public research university in Tasmania, Australia.

Tokyo Institute of Technology is the top national university for science and technology in Japan with a history spanning more than 130 years. Of the approximately 10,000 students at the Ookayama, Suzukakedai, and Tamachi Campuses, half are in their bachelor's degree program while the other half are in master's and doctoral degree programs. International students number 1,200. There are 1,200 faculty and 600 administrative and technical staff members.In the 21st century, the role of science and technology universities has become increasingly important. Tokyo Tech continues to develop global leaders in the fields of science and technology, and contributes to the betterment of society through its research, focusing on solutions to global issues. The Institute's long-term goal is to become the world's leading science and technology university. 

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) is a proud product of South Africa's first decade of democracy. While the size and scope of this dynamic new institution impress, the quality of its teaching, research and community engagement is what makes the University really stand out.

TUT was established on 1 January 2004, with the merging of the former Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. At the time of the merger, the uniquely South African institutional designation of "technikon" was dropped in favour for the internationally accepted "university of technology" designation.

The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), founded in 1976 by the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan,  is the first and foremost comprehensive national university in the United Arab Emirates. As the UAE’s flagship university, UAEU offers a full range of accredited, high-quality graduate and undergraduate programs through nine Colleges: Business and Economics; Education; Engineering; Food and Agriculture; Humanities and Social Sciences; IT; Law; Medicine and Health Sciences; and Science.  With a distinguished international faculty, state-of-the art new campus, and full range of student support services, UAEU offers a living-learning environment that is unmatched in the UAE. 

The Complutense University of Madrid is a public research university located in Madrid, and one of the oldest universities in the world. The university enrolls over 86,000 students, and consistently ranks as the top university in Spain. 

The UCLM is a young university, as young as the majority of those of you who are reading this page and it is probably as full of great projects as any of you. Throughout our 25 years as a higher education institute we have carried out our obligation as a regional university within the society of Castilla-La Mancha. In our four campuses, created on the basis of a sustainable development, you will find a wide educational offer with a total of up to 49 graduate degrees and more than 60 postgraduate, Masters and PhD programmes, thanks to which, every academic year hundreds of graduates leave our lecture rooms with a high level and quality education. We are proud to have a university community which consists of more than 29,000 students, 2,200 professors and 1,150 people dedicated to administration and services. We are even prouder of our extraordinary internationalisation effort which we have carried out over the last few years, currently exceeding more than the 1,100 students which are sent or arrive at the UCLM, with the renewed hope of improving their academic education.

With a history of over 360 years, Universidad del Rosario is a symbol of tradition and history. The University has 4 campus and a community that evolves day by day, with critical thinking, to the beat of new knowledge, the dynamics of the current environment, advances in research and the amazing benefits of technology.Universidad del Rosario is a higher education institution where you learn, innovate, debate, venture, lead and research and where borders are moved as we build a high performance community.The different areas of knowledge that are taught at the University complement each other. These are disciplines that wholly mold the human being, helping students build an overview of their career from different perspectives: science, research, creativity, entrepreneurship and the contribution they can make as new professionals to the country and the world.The University is full of opportunities like national and international academic competitions, the possibility of advancing on two degrees simultaneously and complementing their basic training with major and minor degrees. Universidad del Rosario has sports facilities for the development of healthy lifestyles and cultural activities that complement our students programs at the University. 

The University of Bern is a university in the Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is a comprehensive university offering a broad choice of courses and programmes in eight faculties and some 160 institutes. With around 16,000 students, the University of Bern is a medium-sized Swiss university.

Maastricht University (UM) is the most international university in the Netherlands and, with more than 16,000 students and 4,000 employees, is still growing. The university stands out for its innovative education model, international character and multidisciplinary approach to research and education.

Thanks to its high-quality research and study programmes as well as a strong focus on social engagement, UM has quickly built up a solid reputation. Today it is considered one of the best young universities in the world.

Colleges and Schools

Teaching at the University of Aberdeen is organised across three colleges which encompass a broad range of disciplines in academic schools.

Undergraduate and postgraduate students benefit by being taught by academic staff who are active in research, many involved in international collaborations at the forefront of discovery in their respective discipline, focused on finding answers to the issues facing our society and economy today.

Research Institutes

Multidisciplinary research centres and institutes bring together experts at the cutting-edge of their fields to work with colleagues across the UK and beyond on the big issues of today.

The University of Alabama will be the university of choice for the best and brightest students in Alabama and a university of choice for all students who seek exceptional educational opportunities. The University of Alabama will be a student-centered research university and an academic community united in its commitment to enhancing the quality of life, not only for all Alabamians, but for citizens of the nation and world.

The University of Antwerp is a young, dynamic and future-oriented university. She integrates the strengths of its historical roots in its ambition to contribute positively to society.

The University of the Arts Helsinki fosters our artistic heritage and renews art. This new university was launched in 2013 upon the merging of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Sibelius Academy, and Theatre Academy Helsinki. The university now comprises the three academies, which are equal in terms of educational content and cultural significance.

Birmingham has been challenging and developing great minds for more than a century. Characterised by a tradition of innovation, research at the University has broken new ground, pushed forward the boundaries of knowledge and made an impact on people’s lives. We continue this tradition today and have ambitions for a future that will embed our work and recognition of the Birmingham name on the international stage.

The University of Bristol is a research-intensive university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. The University is internationally renowned, ranked in the top 30 universities globally (QS World University Rankings), due to its outstanding teaching and research, its superb facilities and highly talented students and staff.

Founded in 1829, University of Cape Town (UCT) has a proud tradition of academic excellence and effecting social change and development through its pioneering scholarship, faculty and students. It is also renowned for its striking beauty, with its campus located at the foot of Table Mountain's Devil's Peak, with panoramic views of much of Cape Town.
UCT is very similar to the city of Cape Town: it has a vibrant, cosmopolitan community. It is a cultural melting pot where each person contributes their unique blend of knowledge and thinking. Our staff and students come from over 100 countries in Africa and the rest of the world. The university has also built links, partnerships and exchange agreements with leading African and international institutions that further enrich the academic, social and cultural diversity of our campus.

The University of Cincinnati offers students a balance of educational excellence and real-world experience. UC is a public research university with an enrollment of more than 44,000 students and has been named "Among the top tier of the Best National Universities," according to U.S. News & World Report.

Copenhagen University's goal is to carry out research of the highest quality, offering research-based education at the highest academic level, and to disseminate new and traditional knowledge to the scientific community as to the surrounding community.

The University's distinctive character comes from our ability to be both aspirational and down-to-earth. We are able to blend ground-breaking intellectual achievement with practical applications.

The University has seen many changes since it became an independent institution in 1967. This independence followed a 70 year relationship with the University of St Andrews, but our fundamental aim remains.

The University of Exeter combines world class research with excellent student satisfaction at its campuses in Exeter and Cornwall. It is a member of the Russell Group of leading UK research-intensive universities.

Established in 1911, the University of Hong Kong is the territory's oldest institute of higher learning. Over the past century, the University has committed itself to creating knowledge, providing education, and serving society. It has grown with Hong Kong and generations of our graduates have helped shape the city from which the university takes its name. Today, HKU is internationally recognized as a research-led comprehensive university, with frontier research endeavours and scholarly achievements that have won it worldwide acclaim.

In pursuing its missions of teaching, research, and service, the University seeks to advance scholarly and creative endeavor through leading-edge research and artistic production; to use this research and creativity to enhance undergraduate, graduate, and professional education, health care, and other services provided to the people of Iowa, the nation, and the world; and to educate students for success and personal fulfillment in a diverse world

The University of Kansas is an international research university dedicated to lifting students and society by educating leaders, building healthy communities, and making discoveries that change the world. KU is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), a select group of 62 public and private research universities that represent excellence in graduate and professional education and the highest achievements in research internationally.

Our university was founded almost a hundred years ago in the aftermath of the Great War. The men and women who built this new institution hoped that it would be not only a living memorial to the darkness of their recent past, but a beacon of hope for the future. Their aim was that sacrifices made in war should be commemorated through education and research that would change the world for the better.

Liverpool has been home to explorers and revolutionaries for over 800 years. Their pioneering spirit is alive in the city and inspires our university.

We are Minnesota's research university. We change lives—through research, education, and outreach.