Apply to Sign the Magna Charta Universitatum
The University of National and World Economy is a Signatory University of the prestigious Magna Charta Universitatum from October 2023. It is a document that was originally signed by 388 rectors and heads of universities from all over Europe and beyond on 18 September 1988, the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna.
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The new version of the Magna Charta Universitatum: the MCU 2020 has launched by the Magna Charta Observatory and the text /in English/ has been adopted by the MCO's Governing Council.
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The new MCU removes nothing from the original fundamental values to which universities signed up. It strives to be responsive to and resonate with contemporary challenges and concerns.
Its tone recognizes that the pursuit of the fundamental values has worth along with their actual attainment, which, in practice, is a constant quest.
It recognizes the more global nature of what universities do and the wider range of local responsibilities which they have.
MCU 2020 was drafted by an international group comprising Professor Narend Baijnath, Professor Patrick Deane, Professor Marta Losada, Dr Sijbolt Noorda (Chair), Ms Eva Egon-Polak, Professor Chanita Rukspollmuang, Ms Tamires Gomes Sampaio, Professor Francesco Ubertini, with David Lock as secretary to the group.
More than 950 Universities have already embraced the values in the Magna Charta Universitatum:
- autonomy of academic institutions;
- inseperable nature of teaching and research;
- freedom of teaching and research;
- constant care to universal knowledge.
Introduction to MCO and MCU 2020
Join this worldwide community by clicking here to apply for signing the MCU 2020!
There is no fee for signing the MCU 2020 and no annual subscription.
For further information click here.
The Magna Charta Observatory /MCO/ - the body responsible for the Magna Charta Universitatum MCU 2020 is a not-for-profit ‘third sector’ organization registered in Italy.
It is funded by a grant from the University of Bologna and donations from signatories.
It is governed by a council comprising nominees from the University of Bologna, European University Association and a majority of appointed members from universities and student associations around the world who are appointed after a global application and nominations process.
