The University of Split was officially established in 1974. The University has expanded during the course of the past years to include nine Faculties, one Academy of Arts, two University colleges and two University Departments as well as several institutes and scientific units.

The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi is the oldest higher education institution in Romania founded one year after the establishment of the Romanian state in 1860. In 2008, for the third year in a row, the University was placed first in the national research ranking. The University has more than 38,000 students.

The University of Bucharest is one of the leading institutions of higher education in Romania. The University offers a variety of courses at all levels of higher education. There are over 50 institutes, departments and research centres and more than 40.000 students.

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (simply University of Athens) is the oldest university in Southeast Europe founded in 1837. It is the largest institution of higher learning in Greece and among the largest universities in Europe with about 80,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (often called the Aristotelian University) is the largest university of Greece, named after the philosopher Aristotle. More than 96,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at the Aristotle University, 88,000 in undergraduate programmes and 8,000 in postgraduate programmes.

The University of Cyprus is a public university based in the Capital of Cyprus, Nicosia. It was the first university to be established in 1989 in Cyprus. University has over 5,000 students enrolled in 73 graduate and 31 undergraduate programmes.

The Cyprus University of Technology is a young university established in 2004. It is based in Lemesos, the second largest city in Cyprus. Its first intake of students was for the academic year 2007-08.

The National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv founded in 1834 is considered the most prestigious university in Ukraine. Kyiv University is named after Taras Shevchenko, a major figure in Ukrainian arts. At present the are about 20 000 students at 14 faculties and in 6 Institutes.

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) was established in 1632 and is the oldest institute of tertiary education in Ukraine. The university is bilingual in English and Ukrainian. With around 3000 students, NaUKMA is one of the smallest universities in Ukraine.

M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University is the largest university in Russia. Established in 1755, it also claims to be the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. The university has more than 40 000 undergraduates and about 7 000 postgraduate students. Every year Moscow University enrolls about 2 000 international students from all over the world.