THE PRESIDENT
Prof.ssa Giovanna Iannantuoni (University of Milan Bicocca)
 
THE VICE PRESIDENCY
Prof. Francesco Bonini (LUMSA Rome)
Prof. Francesco Priolo (University of Catania)

SECRETARY GENERAL
Prof. Giovanni Francesco Nicoletti (University of the Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli")

THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS
Prof. Francesco Cupertino (Polit. of Bari)
Prof. Roberto Di Lenarda (University of Trieste)
Prof.ssa Tiziana Lippiello (University of Ca’ Foscari Venice)
Prof.ssa Alessandra Petrucci (University of Florence)
Prof.ssa Antonella Polimeni (Sapienza University of Rome)
Prof. Maurizio Oliviero (University of Perugia)
Prof.ssa Laura Ramaciotti (University of Ferrara)
Prof. Andrea Romanino (SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati)
Prof. Francesco Svelto (University of Pavia)

DIRECTOR
Emanuela Stefani

In order to carry out its activities, the CRUI can rely on an organisation based upon governing and policy bodies, namely the General Assembly, the Presidency, the Board, the Vice-Presidency, the General Secretariat, and its executive organs, namely the executive directorate and staff.

The activity involving policy orientation is engaged in on the basis of Subject Thematic Committees and Working Groups, which are led by delegates of the Board and which study the principal main questions and issues connected with the development of the university system.

The executive activity is organised around the CRUI's offices and takes place in its headquarters in Rome.

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.