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 26 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. The combined member institutions of the association have over 1.1 million students enrolled and employ over 95,000 academic staff. The President for 2020–2022 is Rik Van de Walle, Rector of Ghent University. Members References External links Official website College and university associations and consortia in Europe Engineering university associations and consortia Leuven Organisations based in Flemish Brabant Technology consortia