Södertörn University is situated about 15 km south of the city centre of Stockholm. It is a medium sized university in Sweden with 11 000 students in 72 programmes and 250 courses and with 100 doctoral students. It has almost 900 employees and more than 60 % of the teaching staff has doctoral degrees.

Ionian University has five Faculties which are made up by a total of 12 Departments located in four islands of the Ionian Sea namely Corfu (7 Departments), Kefalonia (3 Departments), Zakynthos (1 Department) and Lefkada (1 Department).

Technological University of the Shannon MidWest (TUS) is an institution of higher education in Limerick funded by the Government of Ireland and set up under the IOT legislation (one of 13 such institutes in Ireland).

The University of Perugia was founded in 1308. In that year, Pope Clement V issued a bull entitled Super specula, which granted the Studium of the city the authority to engage in higher education.

Pixel is an education and training institution based in Florence (Italy). Pixel was founded in 1999. Pixel’s mission is to promote an innovative approach to education, training and culture, this is done mostly by trying to exploit the best potential of ICT for education and training. Pixel has a permanent staff of 15 people and a network of about 100 external professionals and trainers that cooperate with them on specific activities.

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) – the largest technical university in Lithuania, known for its linkages with business, leadership in scientific research, flexible interdisciplinary study programs. KTU is situated in Kaunas, the second largest city of Lithuania, which is a significant centre of industry, transport, science and culture.