About
AARC was constituted to promote dialogue among Higher Education Institutions of the Alps-Adriatic region in the fields of education, scientific research and didactics, as well as to foster collaboration in different academic fields.
AARC was constituted to promote dialogue among Higher Education Institutions of the Alps-Adriatic region in the fields of education, scientific research and didactics, as well as to foster collaboration in different academic fields.
AARC was founded in 1979 as a network of Higher Educaction Institutions from 9 regions. Nowadays it comprises 19 regions of the Alps-Adriatic area and the Western Balkans with over 40 member institutions.
AARC serves to facilitate cooperation in the fields of teaching, research, science, education and culture. AARC endorses and coordinates national, transnational, international and interdisciplinary projects.
The Alps-Adriatic Rectors’ Conference (AARC) is a network of over 40 universities from the Alps-Adriatic area and includes the Western Balkans since 2011. The main goal of AARC is to promote transnational dialogue and cross-border cooperation in the fields of university education and scientific research between Higher Education Institutions across the region, as well as transdisciplinary cooperation with different partners in the spheres of culture, industry, the arts, business and public institutions.
AARC cooperates with the requisite institutions of the European Union in scientific research and in the different cycles of higher educational training, including life-long learning.