BLUE UNIVERSITIES

Since the University of Bern, the capital of Switzerland, became a Blue Community as the worldwide first university in September 2013, many other universities and colleges have joined. Universities and colleges form their own cluster within the Blue Community network. These universities are Blue Communities as institution. At some universities, however, specific departments are additionally involved. At the University of Zurich for example, these are the Department of Geography, Hydrology and Climate, the Commission for Sustainability with the UZH Sustainability Team and the UZH Center for Human Rights  Studies (MRZ).

For Blue News from Blue Universities on our website see here.

BLUE UNIVERSITIES BY COUNTRY (in alphabetical order)

BELGIUM

    • UCLouvain, Saint-Louis Brussels

BRASIL

    • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
    • Universidade Federal de Lavras

CANADA

    • Huron College and Brescia College, University of Western Ontario
    • McGill University, Montreal
    • St. Michael’s College / Regis College /  Victoria College, University of Toronto
    • St. Paul University, Ottawa
    • Cegep de Saint-Jérôme, Québec
    • York University, Toronto

FRANCE
In France, a Université Bleu project is in the making, involving the Sorbonne in Paris and other universities.

GERMANY

    • Philipps-Universität, Marburg

SPAIN

    • Universidad de Leon

SWITZERLAND

    • University of Bern (September 2013)
    • University of St. Gallen (September 2016) (see here)
    • St. Gallen University of Teacher Education
    • OST, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (September 2016)
    • University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons (July 2018)
    • University of Zurich (May 2022) (see here)
    • Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (May 2024)

The Blue University network is open to all universities and colleges committing to the core values of the Blue Community. We welcome new members to the network. Contact the Blue University Network by Mail here.

Further information