EUA Council endorses two candidates for President

The two candidates are:

• Paul Boyle, Vice-Chancellor, Swansea University, United Kingdom, and former EUA Vice-President and Board member;
• Maurizio Tira, former Rector, University of Brescia, Italy, and EUA Board member.

The next President of EUA will be elected at the Association’s General Assembly on 15 April 2027, hosted by the Slovenian Rectors’ Conference in Ljubljana, and will take office from July. The successful candidate will succeed Josep M. Garrell, who has served in the position since 2023.

Following a call for presidential nominees launched earlier this year, the two candidates were put forward by the EUA Nominations Committee and endorsed by the Council at its meeting in Brussels on 30 October.

The 2027 General Assembly will also see the election of three EUA Board members, as the current terms of office of Marcin Pałys, Maurizio Tira and Wim van de Donk end in April. The Nominations Committee is currently interviewing and selecting nominees for Board and will submit a list of candidates for endorsement by the Council at its next meeting, taking place at the end of January.

Learn more about the candidates for EUA President.