CESAER

{{short description|European non-profit association}}

{{Infobox organization

|name = CESAER

|image = CESAER-logo.svg

|formation = {{Start date and age|1990|05|10|df=yes}}

|type = Educational

|leader_title = President

|leader_name = Orla Feely

|headquarters = Castle of Arenberg, Leuven, Belgium

|region_served= Europe

|website = {{URL|cesaer.org}}

}}

CESAER is a non-profit association of universities of science and technology in Europe. CESAER was founded on 10 May 1990, seated in the Castle of Arenberg in Leuven, Belgium. The association has 58 universities of science and technology in 28 countries. The name CESAER was formed as an abbreviation for "Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research", but today only the short form CESAER is used.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cesaer.org/about/history/|title=History |website=CESAER |language=en |access-date=26 March 2020}}

The combined member institutions of the association have over 1.1 million students enrolled and employ over 96,000 academic staff.{{Cite web |date=24 March 2022 |title=Shape knowledge societies in Europe and beyond for a sustainable future, Annual Report 2021 |url=https://www.cesaer.org/content/5-operations/2022/20220324-annual-report-2021-book.pdf |website=CESAER}} The current President until end of 2025 is Orla Feely,{{Cite web |title=Orla Feely elected CESAER President 2024-2025 |url=https://www.cesaer.org/news/orla-feely-elected-cesaer-president-2024-2025-1562/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=CESAER |language=en-EN}} Rector of University College Dublin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cesaer.org/governing-bodies/body?id=16 |title=Governing body - CESAER |website=CESAER}}