Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) welcomes seven new members

The Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) has grown to 206 members as seven new universities have joined the network of higher education and research institutions working on academic cooperation.

UNIMED announced on 26/10/2026 that seven new universities from the Euro-Mediterranean region have formally completed their association process. They are:

• École Normale Supérieure d’Oran Ammour Ahmed, Algeria;
• El Alamein International University, Egypt;
• University of Milan, Italy;
• American University of Beirut, Lebanon;
• Al-Adel University, Yemen;
• Shabwah University, Yemen;
• University of Saba Region, Yemen.

UNIMED was founded in 1991 to promote academic cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and the Western Balkans. It has members in 25 countries.