U-MAP: European Classification of HEIs

The U-Map project is the third phase of a research project on developing a European Classification of Higher Education Institutions. The first two phases produced a set of principles for designing the classification as well as a draft of a multi-dimensional classification including an appropriate set of dimensions (the areas in which institutions will be classified) and indicators to measure them. In this phase we evaluate and fine-tune the dimensions and their indicators and bring them into line with other relevant indicator initiatives, all of this in a process of stakeholder consultation and discussion that has been a hallmark of the project since its inception in 2005.

Main outcomes:

·	Final report on set-up and feasibility of a European classification, including an organizational (business) model.

·	Functional On-Line tool for selecting and visualising classification results

·	Website with discussion forum

·	On-line questionnaire for higher education institutions