V. A. Sadovnichy
President of EUA
Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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The Eurasian Universities Association (EUA) was established at the Founding Congress in 1989 as the Association of Universities of the USSR on the initiative of Moscow State University, supported by 20 major universities of the Soviet Union. In 1992, the Association was reorganized into the Eurasian Universities Association.
Today the EUA is reputable international association of universities that includes the major national universities of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), leading regional universities and higher educational institutions of the Eurasian region.
The EUA members are universities from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine.
The highest governing body of the EUA is the Congress. To date 15 Congresses have been held: in Moscow, Kyiv, Baku, Ashgabat, Kazan, Minsk, Astana and Saint Petersburg.
• 1989– I Constituent congress, Moscow
• 1990– II congress, Kiev
• 1991– III congress, Baku
• 1992– IV congress, Moscow
• 1993– V congress, Ashgabat
• 1995– VI congress, Kazan
• 1997– VII congress, Moscow
• 1999– VIII congress, Minsk
• 2002– IX congress, Kiev
• 2007– X congress, Moscow
• 2009– XI congress, Astana
• 2011– XII congress, Moscow
• 2015– XIII congress, Saint Petersburg
• 2019– XIV congress, Moscow
• 2023– XV congress, Moscow
The Congresses of the Eurasian Universities Association addressed issues related to the development of national education, the preservation of a common educational environment, and the equivalence of university diplomas. The Congresses also focused on further development of cooperation among member universities in education and university science, as well as key academic and methodological issues for improving university education.
In between Congresses, the Association is governed by the Council and the Executive Committee.
Cooperation with young people and universities labour associations is one of the EUA key areas of activity. The EUA founded the Student’s association of the CIS universities and the Eurasian association of the universities’ trade-union organizations. Both of them regularly hold their congresses and activities which are aimed at strengthening of their ties. There are centres established for certain lines of cooperation among the CIS universities within the Association.
The EUA is accredited at the inter-parliamentary assembly of the CIS countries and the Council on Collaboration in Education of the CIS countries. The EUA interacts with other universities’ international organizations. Association conducts its activity through numerous conferences, forums, inter-university cooperation.
The Euroasian Universities Association carries out its activities through numerous conferences, forums, inter-university relations and contacts.
The EUA is the founder and organizer of international research and practice conferences “Universities and society”, which have earned a great reputation among university community and gained wide international recognition. More than thousand of professors and lecturers of universities across the CIS and from other countries, and representatives of international organizations participated in the conferences. The high level and the authority of the conferences are acknowledged by the greetings sent by the leaders of the CIS countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.
The EUA took the lead in deepening of the humanitarian collaboration among the CIS countries. Victor Antonovich Sadovnichy, the EUA’s President and academician of the Russian Academy of Science, is the co-chairman of the “Forum of creative and scientific intellectuals of the CIS states”.
Multi-author monographs and works were published further to the discussions and studies of the EUA universities, as the results of the EUA’s discussions and research.
Since 2009, EAU has started publishing a series of monographs “Eurasian Universities of the XXI-st Century”. The presentation of the first monograph “Education. Eurasian region” took place during the XI Congress in Astana and was dedicated to the main area of EUA activity, as well as to the 20th anniversary of the Eurasian Universities Association. The second edition “On Scientific Research and Scientific Schools. Eurasian region” was presented at the opening of the III International Scientific and Practical Conference “Universities and Society”. The third edition “Environmental Problems. Eurasian region” (2014) was prepared for the XIII Congress of EAU. The monograph is dedicated to an important problem for all humanity – solving environmental problems and ensuring sustainable development, reflecting ways to improve this work by universities of the Eurasian Association. The monograph “Universities in the Eurasian Educational Space” was published in 2017 and is dedicated to the activities of universities in the Eurasian educational space in modern conditions. In 2019, for the 30th anniversary of the Eurasian Universities Association, was published joint monograph “Three Missions of the University: Education, Science, Society” about university activities in fulfilling their mission in modern conditions. The monograph provides a broad outlook of changes occurring in universities. In 2022, was published another monograph “Modern Eurasian Universities: Use of Information Technologies” about multifaceted activities of Eurasian universities in using advanced information technologies in scientific and educational processes. In December 2025, at an expanded meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Universities Association, a monograph “Joint Cooperation of Eurasian Universities: Education, Science” was presented. The monograph examines issues of joint cooperation among Eurasian universities, which serves as an important unifying factor and contributes to strengthening and developing ties between countries in the Eurasian region under current conditions of significant global changes.
The EUA is a unique public organisation in the Eurasian region. Throughout its existence, it has been actively working to put the ideas of Eurasianism into practice in the fields of education and science. Its key goals include preserving and developing a unified educational space, fostering humanitarian cooperation, and adapting global best practices in higher education reform to the specific conditions of emerging states in the post‑Soviet space. The exchange of experience and constructive discussions among universities, based on mutual respect for each other’s practices, have become a significant driver of progress in education and science both within the Eurasian region and globally.