Logo“University mergers in Europe” is the second thematic report published by EUA as part of the DEFINE project. DEFINE explores strategies for efficient funding of universities in Europe, looking in particular at excellence initiatives, university mergers and performance-based funding mechanisms.
University mergers in Europe - Typologies of merger and concentration processes
A first distinguishing feature of such processes is the relative size of the institutions involved. Where mergers take place between similarly sized institutions, and for the purposes of this report, these are referred to as “horizontal” mergers. This has been the case in France, for example, where the recent round of large-scale university mergers has, for the most part, occurred between institutions that are of comparable scale. These lead to a particular set of questions, such as how to combine the universities’ respective brands and resources, and tend to be very resource-intensive processes. Download the report “University mergers in Europe”. More...