Member Institutions are universities or degree-conferring higher education institutions whose main objective is teaching and research, irrespective of whether or not they carry the name of university. Benefiting from IAU’s complete range of services and able to become active participants in all IAU working groups and activities, they also participate in the election of the President and the Administrative Board.

IAU Observer status can be granted to public or private not-for-profit degree-conferring higher education institutions, which do not yet meet the eligibility condition of having graduated three cohorts of students (they should however have graduated at least one cohort of students and meet all other eligibility criteria). The Observer status is valid until the institution has graduated three cohorts of students, at which point it is admitted to full Institutional Membership. In creating this category, IAU wishes to become more inclusive and to contribute to the development of quality higher education globally.

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Since the General Conference held in Durban in 2000, IAU counts Member Organizations. Member Organizations are higher education organizations active on the national, regional or international level. Just like Member Institutions, they are granted full benefits, voting rights, and are represented on the Administrative Board. IAU counts 31 Member Organizations.

 International higher education organizations

• Association of African Universities, (AAU), Ghana
• Association of Arab Universities (AARU), Jordan
• Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa (AULP), Portugal
• European Association for the Applied Sciences in Higher Education (EURASHE), Belgium
• Aurora Universities Network, Netherlands
• European University Association (EUA), Belgium
• Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE), Canada
• La Federation for EDucation in Europe / Fédération Européenne Des Ecoles (FEDE), France
• Mediterranean Universities Union, Italy
• The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK
• The University of the Arctic (UArctic), Finland
• UNICA - Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe, Belgium
• Union de Universidades de América Latina y el Caribe (UDUALC), Mexico

 National higher education organizations

Bangladesh
Association of Universities of Bangladesh

Canada
Universités Canada
Université du Québec

Germany
Bavarian University Alliance (BUA)

Holy See
Conference of Rectors of Roman Pontifical Universities and Institutions (CRUIPRO)

Hungary
Hungarian Rector’s Conference

India
Association of Indian Universities

Japan
The Japan Association of National Universities

The Netherlands
Universities of The Netherlands

Romania
The National Council of Rectors in Romania

South Africa
Universities South Africa

Spain
Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE)

Sweden
Association of Swedish Higher Education (SUHF)

USA
American Council on Education (ACE)
Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania

IAU Affiliates are non-governmental organizations or networks, whose primary mandate is related to education and sharing the Association’s goals and values but which are not eligible to join as full members. Benefiting from IAU’s services, they participate in most of the Association’s projects.

Africa

• Bibliotheca Alexandrina
• Education Sub Saharan Africa
• International Education Association of South Africa

Americas

• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, USA
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators, USA
• The International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association

Europe

• Academic Cooperation Association (ACA), Belgium
• Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur (ARES), Belgium
• Columbus Association
• COPERNICUS Alliance
• Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges, UK
• Erasmus Student Network, Belgium
• European Women Rectors Association, Belgium
• International Student Identity Card Association (ISIC)
• Magna Charta Observatory
• Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir)
• National Education Opportunities Network (NEON), United Kingdom
• The Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education (NUFFIC)

Asia and Pacific

• International Education Association of Australia, Australia
• New Zealand Qualifications Authority, New Zealand

IAU Associates are well-known and respected leaders and experts in higher education who share IAU’s goals and values, and wish to enhance their personal collaboration with the Association. Connected to the information dissemination programme, Associates attend conferences and participate in IAU projects.

 Agneta Bladh - Former IAU Administrative Board Member and Former Rector of the University of Kalmar,Sweden
 Stefan Delplace - Honorary Secretary General, EURASHE, European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (aisbl)
 Zoltán Dubéczi - Secretary General, Hungarian Rectors Conference, Hungary
 Etsuko Katsu - Former Vice-President, International, Meiji University, Japan
 Kevin Kinser, Department Head, Education Policy Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA
 Jason Laker, - Professor, Department of Counselor Education San José State University, San José, CA, USA
 Carmen Lamagna - Vice-Chancellor, American International University, Bangladesh
 Marta Losada - Dean of Science, NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE
 H. Ian Macdonald - President Emeritus (York); Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy
 H. Peter Mascher - Professor, William Sinclair Chair in Optoelectronics, McMaster University, Canada
 Fatima Marinho - Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal)
 Mirta Martin - Former President, Fairmont State University, USA
 Romeela Mohee - Commissioner, Higher Education Commission, Mauritius, Former Vice Chancellor at the University of Mauritius, Higher Education Specialist, Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
 Pornchai Mongkhonvanit - President, Siam University, Thailand
 Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe - Former IAU Administrative Board Member and Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Ghana
 Is-Haq Oloyede - Former IAU Administrative Deputy Board Member and Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria
 Daniel Ruiperez - Former Rector, University of Salamanca, Spain
 Ranbir Singh - Former Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, India
 Paul Zeleza - North Star distinguished professor and associate provost at Case Western Reserve University, United States

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Diana-Camelia Iancu, Associate professor, Public Governance and Dean, Faculty of Public Administration, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucarest, Romania bio contact

Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila, Catedra UNESCO, “Internacionalización de la Educación Superior y Ciudadania Global”
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Stephen Sterling, Emeritus Professor of Sustainability Education at the Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Plymouth, UK bio contact

Hans de Wit, Hans de Wit is Professor Emeritus of the Practice and Distinguished Fellow of the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA bio contact

Marcelo Knobel, Former Rector of the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil bio contact

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