As a part of the 4th European Universities Games 2018, the Rectors’ Conference will be held on July 14 and July 15 at the University of Coimbra. Themed "Organisation and Management Model of University Sport", it will focus on university sports and more specifically in how to fund, organize and manage sports activities. The registrations are now open, we invite rectors of European universities to join us in Coimbra!

The Rectors’ Conference is a perfect opportunity to gather the heads of European universities in order to discuss the state of, as well as options for the development of sports at the universities. Exchange ideas, experiences and examples of good practice is one of the main purposes of this event.



Governed by the European University Sport Association (EUSA), organized biannually, the European Universities Games (EUG) are considered the largest European multisport student event and have the goal of promoting friendly competition, unity and tolerance, as well as facilitating friendship and companionship between students and universities. Sport is accompanied with educational, cultural and social events.



Coimbra, “The City of Knowledge”, is truly a University City, which makes it perfect to host the 4th European Universities Games. In the period between July 15 and July 28, the city of Coimbra will host around 4000 participants, students of more than 350 universities from over 40 European countries in 13 Sports and one Para-Sport. Apart from the sport event, we especially invite the rectors of European universities to attend the Rectors' Conference and also get a sneak peak of other Games' events.

Registrations are open; we hope to see you in Coimbra! For more information, please see http://www.eug2018.com/educational/rectors-conference