Memberships

	The European University Association (EUA) represents more than 800 universities and national rectors' conferences in 48 European countries.
	The Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) provides the general quality framework for European and international cooperation activities a higher education institution may carry out within Erasmus+.
	The DAAD is the world's largest funding organization for the international exchange of students and scientists.
	The HRK (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz) is a voluntary alliance of state and state-recognized universities in Germany.
	The GATE-Germany consortium supports German universities in positioning themselves internationally through services and expertise in the field of marketing.
	In November 2009, the HRK General Assembly adopted a national code for foreign studies at German universities. The code was drawn up in a joint working group of HRK and DAAD within the framework of Gate Germany.
	The Observatory is a signatories’ association, independent from political organisations or interest groups.The signatory universities commited to comply with the principles of the Magna Charta Universitatum.
	The Franco-German University (DFH) is an institution under international law founded in 1997 by Germany and France, financed on an equal footing and with its own legal personality.