International Association of Universities

Building a worldwide higher education community

Policy Statements

Introduction

IAU adopts positions and develops Policy Statements on issues of global importance for higher education. Each Statement is the product of extensive drafting and international consultations. In recent years, the Statements have been formally adopted by the General Conference of...
Most Recently Adopted

The IAU 13th General Conference in 2008 adopted a Policy Statement on Equitable Access and Success in Quality Higher Education. Work on this topic has continued with a pilot project, workshop and international conference. More information on these follow-up activities is...
Complete list of IAU Statements

IAU Policy Statements, listed here in chronological order, starting with the most recent Statement, are freely available for dissemination. More recent Statements have been open to endorsements by other Associations of Higher Education; all are open to comments. Equitable...
Work in Progress

IAU together with the Magna Charta Observatory has created a Joint Working Group on Ethics in Higher Education which is elaborating Guidelines for an Institutional Code of Ethics for Higher Education. When ready, wide consultations on these will be undertaken. Discussions are...