ANIME at a Glance

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ANIME: A Network Cooperation

The Academic Network on Inclusiveness, Multilingualism and Excellence (ANIME) was launched on November 5, 2020 by Professor Irini Tsamadou-Jacoberger, Vice-President for Europe and International Relations at the University of Strasbourg. ANIME aims to foster reflection and experimentation in the areas of Inclusiveness, Multilingualism, and Excellence.

Funded through the IDEX, a French-government Investment Programme dedicated to generating centres of excellence in higher education and research across the country, ANIME now brings together 12 higher education institutions from Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Network members share common objectives and values: they are multidisciplinary universities with a strong internationalisation strategy, emphasizing multilingualism, cultural diversity, inclusive excellence, and community engagement.

This initiative not only illustrates our commitment to moving beyond bilateral cooperation and fostering network-based collaboration but also represents a dynamic and unifying approach designed to enhance the institution's internationality and diversity.

The Network objectives

To encourage the involvement of all university’s publics (academics, administrative staff, students);
To develop joint projects and/or the capacity for each institution to develop projects related to Anime topics;
To encourage inward and outward mobility between all Anime members.

Development of a three-year plan

Virtual meetings have been regularly conducted, amidst the challenges posed by the COVID crisis. Up to the beginning of 2022, three distinct working groups were dedicated to exploring individual topics, questioning the relation between the notions of inclusiveness, multilingualism, excellence, and the expanding internationalisation of higher education institutions.

In response to several recommendations put forth by these groups, ANIME members subsequently agreed to establish a new collective three-year work schedule, enabling an annual, in-depth exploration of the aforementioned concepts.

→ Consult the ANIME Network Charter below

Signature of a consortium agreement in 2024

As of 2024, ANIME is a consortium. This transformation was agreed upon in order to perpetuate the achievements of the Network. Created as a model for networked cooperation, ANIME has proved, thanks to the involvement of a solid core of partner universities, that it is a credible alternative to traditional bilateral cooperation, or at least another avenue that should continue to be explored.

ANIME partners: from Latin America to the Middle East

ANIME now includes 12 partner universities, located in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

All partner universities are multidisciplinary institutions with a strong internationalisation strategy, attentive to the concepts of multilingualism, cultural diversity and inclusive excellence. They are also very open to the French language and culture.

Latin America

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina)

National University of Cordoba

Founded in 1613, the National University of Cordoba is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Latin America. Located in Córdoba, its Spanish colonial buildings were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. It welcomes nearly 120,000 students in its faculties which cover all fields. It has 100 research centres, 25 libraries, 17 museums and 2 astronomical observatories.

► https://www.unc.edu.ar/english/

Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)

University of São Paulo

Founded in 1934, the University of São Paulo is one of the largest institutions of higher education in Brazil. It has almost 80,000 students on 11 campuses, four of which are in São Paulo and seven in surrounding cities in the state of São Paulo. It is ranked as the best university in the Ibero-American region by the Times Higher Education. It has developed more than 1000 cooperation agreements.

► https://www5.usp.br/

UNIMINUTO (Colombia)

The Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios, UNIMINUTO, started in January 1992 with 240 students in Bogotá. In 2017, it has almost 130,000 students in more than seventy municipalities in Colombia.

UNIMINUTO is a multi-campus University System, which offers education at different levels and in different places in Colombia - in order to respond to geographical, cultural and social diversity; under common policies, norms and elements that ensure unity, integrity and institutional stability.

The objective of the UNIMINUTO university system is to:

- offer high quality and relevant higher education with a preferential option for those who do not have the possibility to access it, through an innovative, comprehensive and flexible model.

- train excellent human beings, competent professionals, ethically oriented and committed to social transformation and sustainable development.

- contribute, through commitment, to the construction of a fraternal, just, reconciled and peaceful society.

https://www.uniminuto.edu/

Africa

Universiteit Stellenbosch / Stellenbosch University / Stellenbosch iyunivesithi

Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

The institution was founded in 1859. It began to develop its own academic activities in 1915. Stellenbosch University is located in the town of Stellenbosch in the heart of the Western Cape vineyards. It is home to almost 29,000 students, including 4,000 international students from over 100 countries, who are spread across 5 campuses and 10 faculties. According to the Times Higher Education ranking, Stellenbosch University is one of the top 300 universities in the world. It is a member of the top 20 BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa).

► http://www.sun.ac.za/english

University of Ngaoundere (Cameroon), NOT A CONSORTIUM MEMBER

University of Ngaoundere

The University of Ngaoundere was established by presidential decree in January 1993. Located in the capital of the Adamaoua region, in the centre-north of Cameroon, and at the terminus of the Camrail Douala-Yaoundé-Ngaoundere line ("Transcamerounais"), the University of Ngaoundere welcomes students from all regions of Cameroon and from countries in the sub-region (Chad, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, etc.) Initially endowed with 2 grandes écoles and 4 faculties, it is now composed of 6 faculties and 6 schools. The Dang university campus has an estimated student population of 30,000 for 365 teachers.

► http://www.univ-ndere.cm/

University of Ghana (Ghana)

University of Ghana (Ghana)

The University of Ghana was founded in 1948. It is based in Legon, Accra in the Greater Accra Region. It is the largest university in the country with a student population of 38,000 including international students from over 70 countries. It is the leading university in Ghana. It is the leading university in Ghana, and is developing research in four main areas: malaria control, adaptation to climate change, improving food production and strengthening policy evaluation and management.

► https://www.ug.edu.gh/

Université Cadi Ayyad جامعة القاضي عياض (Maroc)

University of Cadi Ayyad (Morroco)

Created in 1970, the University of Benin responds to the desire of the Togolese authorities to provide their country with an autonomous higher education institution that meets national ambitions. In 2001, the name "University of Benin" was changed by decree to University of Lomé (UL). The University is now composed of 6 faculties, 5 schools, 4 institutes and 2 centres of excellence. In 2015, 44,525 students were enrolled.

► https://univ-lome.tg/

Université de Lomé (Togo)

University of Lome (Togo)

► https://univ-lome.tg/

University of Rwanda, Rwanda

► https://ur.ac.rw/

Central and Eastern Europe

Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai (România)

Babes-Bolyai University (Romania)

Founded in the 16th century, the University of Cluj has evolved with its city. Since 1995, it has been a deeply multicultural university with several pathways based on linguistic criteria: pathways in Romanian (337 study pathways), pathways in Hungarian (119 study pathways) and in German (19 study pathways). Babes-Bolyai University has 41,690 students in its 21 faculties. It is ranked first among Romanian universities, and 560th in the Times Higher Education ranking.

► https://www.ubbcluj.ro/en/

Софийския университет "Св. Климент Охридски" (България)

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (Bulgaria)

Founded in 1880 in Sofia, "St. Kliment Ohridski" University is the oldest and largest university in Bulgaria. It has 16 faculties in which 119 subjects are taught. The university is particularly involved in research on sustainable development and aims to use the wider academic potential to help remove barriers to change and transform society. It has almost 80 cooperation agreements with universities around the world.

► https://www.uni-sofia.bg/eng

Univerzita Palackého V Olomouci (Česká republika), NOT A CONSORTIUM MEMBER

Palacky University Olomouc (Czech Republic)

Founded in the 16th century, Palacky University Olomouc is the oldest university in Moravia and the second oldest in the Czech Republic. It is located in Olomouc, the capital of Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,824 students, including 3,646 international students in 8 faculties. The university is one of the best universities in the Czech Republic and one of the top 500 universities in the world; it is particularly involved in its region and is its main employer.

► https://www.upol.cz/en/

Western Europe

Université de Strasbourg (France)

University of Strasbourg (France)

Founded in the 16th century, the University of Strasbourg has a long history of excellence in higher education, rooted in Renaissance

humanism, both training and research. It offers a broad range of degree programmes in the main academic disciplines: Arts, Literature, Languages ; Law, Economics, Management, Political and Social Sciences ; Social Sciences and Humanities ; Science and Technology and Health. A member of LERU and Udice, the University of Strasbourg is also a major international player in terms of scientific research.

Unistra has over 54.000 students, including 22% of international students. Strasbourg is the second most international university city in France, after Paris.

► https://en.unistra.fr/

Middle East

האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים (ישראל)

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

The university was founded in 1918 and is located in the heart of Jerusalem. It is home to nearly 23,000 students from Israel and nearly 90 different countries, spread over 6 campuses and 7 faculties. It enjoys a reputation for excellence in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics and medicine. 8 Nobel Prize winners and a Fields Medalist have graduated from its ranks.

► https://en.huji.ac.il/en

NOT A CONSORTIUM MEMBER אוניברסיטת בר-אילן (ישראל)

Bar Ilan University (Israel)

Bar Ilan University was founded in 1955. It is today one of Israel’s leading Higher Education institutions and one of the biggest with 19000 students. The University has 9 faculties: Jewish Studies, Medicine, Engineering, Law, Life Sciences, Exact Sciences, Social Sciences, Education, and Humanities. Seeking “Impact beyond Excellence”, BIU has created challenge-driven research centres, which embrace practical research designed to change and improve the human experience. Its milestones achievements in the sciences and humanities and all fields of human endeavour have made an indelible imprint on the landscape of the State of Israel.

► https://www.biu.ac.il/en

Université de Strasbourg