The CRUI aims to examine and analyse in depth the questions and issues of interest to the university world in order to analyse and assess the results of, and feedback from, educational, training and research projects and processes.

In particular the CRUI seeks to be:

• An instrument for direction and co-ordination in relation to autonomous universities;
• A privileged place for the experimentation of models and methods to be transferred to the university system;
• A modern centre of services available to universities;

Its institutional objectives aim to

GATHER
knowledge, experiences and information on the university world, culture, production and the various aspects of civil society, making them available to the entire university system;

PROVIDE
on-going information, data and analysis on the university system. It also assures a constant monitoring of the needs of a university system that is in continual evolution;

RESPOND
to information needs connected with universities at a national and international level;

GUIDE
the strategic planning of the future activities of the Italian universities.

A strong Institutional role
The CRUI engages in the provision of proposals, consultation, and co-ordination in relation to the key questions and issues of the university system. It is a leading point of reference as regards the questions and needs of the academic world as a whole for the Italian Parliament and the Ministry of University and Research.

A new university system
The CRUI develops and supports the model of autonomous universities established by the Italian Parliament and together with other European partners, within the framework of the commitments understaken by Italy on an international level, it is working to build the European Higher Education and Research Area.

Innovative models and methods
Given its acknowledged skills and expertise, the CRUI, thanks to the close integration with CRUI Foundation, develops and organises innovative initiatives and projects for universities; experiments with new models and methodologies that can be adopted by unversities; promotes and engages in communication within the university system.

The CRUI is the association of the state and non-state universities.

Established in 1963 as a private association of Rectors, the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) has over time acquired an acknowledged institutional and representative role, as well as a practical capacity to influence the development of the university system through its intense activity of study and experimentation.

Since 2001, the Conference of Italian University Rectors has been flanked in its managerial and executive functions by the CRUI Foundation. As a solid bridge between university and society, the CRUI Foundation is entrusted with promoting actions and projects aimed at social and cultural development.

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