University Autonomy in Europe IV: Country Profiles (II)

The 2023 edition of the European University Association’s Autonomy Scorecard the most comprehensive yet provides a full comparative analysis of the state of play of university autonomy in 35 higher education systems in Europe.

For the first time each profile better contextualises the higher education landscape via a dedicated section along with radar charts that visualise the system in question's autonomy score. For this edition the country profiles are released in three batches. This second batch comprises the following systems: Flanders (Belgium) Czechia Estonia Georgia Italy Latvia Luxembourg Netherlands Romania and Serbia.

By generating information on the current state of university autonomy and governance reforms the Scorecard enables a more successful benchmarking of national policies with regard to university autonomy and facilitates the exchange of good practices. With more than 30 indicators the Scorecard methodology offers evidence of institutional autonomy across four key dimensions:

• Organisational autonomy (covering academic and administrative structures leadership and governance);
• Financial autonomy (covering the ability to raise funds own buildings borrow money and set tuition fees);
• Staffing autonomy (including the ability to recruit independently promote and develop academic and non-academic staff);
• Academic autonomy (including study fields student numbers student selection as well as the structure and content of degrees).