The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) is an international research and education institute that works to develop sustainable solutions to major health problems. AIGHD was initiated as a partnership between the Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). AIGHD is a dynamic research and education institute that thrives on intense collaboration among experts from multiple disciplines including biomedicine, economics and social and behavioral sciences. With its interdisciplinary and translational approach, AIGHD addresses the most critical medical, social, economic and political challenges in global health and development that cut across national and political borders.
The Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal, is the fruit of an innovative alliance between the “la Caixa” Foundation”, academic institutions and government bodies to contribute to the efforts undertaken by the international community to address the challenges in global health.ISGlobal is a consolidated hub of excellence in research that has grown out of work first started in the world of health care by the Hospital Clínic and the Parc de Salut MAR and in the academic sphere by the University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra University.
Its ultimate goal is to help close the gaps in health disparities between and within different regions of the world.
The LMU Munich is actively strengthening its global health profile within the Faculty of Medicine through the CIHLMU Center for International Health and, increasingly, across different Faculties. The CIHLMU has been founded in 2009 as an interdisciplinary entity with the aim to empower health professionals in low- and middle-income countries through targeted teaching and training interventions. Two major drivers behind an increasing focus on global health at the LMU Munich are the Division of Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine with its focus on infectious diseases through basic, applied clinical and translational research as well as humanitarian aid in low- and middle-income countries; and the Pettenkofer School of Public Health with its broad public health approach and emphasis on determinants of health in countries around the globe.
The University of Milan is a public, multidisciplinary teaching and research institution that offers 8 Faculties, 2 Schools, 136 study courses, 31 Doctoral Programmes and 63 Specialisation Schools. It houses the new Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), that is an international landmark and leading centre for health research with a special, but not exclusive, interest in infectious diseases within a global and multidisciplinary perspective. Within MACH, global health is prioritised through a centre devoted to global health didactics and research.
TransVIHMI (UMI 233) is a research unit with 3 affiliations: university of Montpellier, INSERM and IRD. The IRD or French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development is an internationally multidisciplinary organisation, working mainly in partnership with countries in the Global South and in the French overseas territories.
TransVIHMI mainly studies the specificities of HIV infection in the South and its consequences for populations. The impact of HIV on other tropical infectious endemics means that the field of research also addresses the issue of co-infections (hepatitis, tuberculosis) and other neglected tropical diseases such as filariasis and, more recently, infection by the Ebola virus and other emergent or re-emergent viral infectious diseases. Since it was set up nearly 20 years ago, UMI 233 has focused on this thematic unit, conducting cross-disciplinary research combining virology, parasitology, clinical research, epidemiology, public health and social sciences. TransVIH MI is a multidisciplinary research unit with one team involved in epidemiology and public health research on infectious diseases, one team of medical anthropologists and one team of virologist and parasitologists working on genetic diversity, resistance, emergence, human/wildlife interface of infectious diseases.
The CharitéCenter for Global Health:
bundles research on transnational health problems, determinants, and solutions in the field of infectiology at Charité,
provides a coordination, communication and service platform for global health researchers from other disciplines and individuals and institutions outside the research community,
acts as an office for national and international Global Health networks.
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university. Ranked number one in the world in the 2025 Times Higher Education World Rankings, they are at the forefront of the full range of academic disciplines, including medical sciences; mathematical, physical and life sciences; humanities; and social sciences. Oxford is one of Europe’s most entrepreneurial universities: they rank first in the UK for university spin-outs, with more than 130 companies created to date. We are also recognised as leaders in support for social enterprise.
The University of Milan is a public, multidisciplinary teaching and research institution that offers 8 Faculties, 2 Schools, 136 study courses, 31 Doctoral Programmes and 63 Specialisation Schools. It houses the new Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH), that is an international landmark and leading centre for health research with a special, but not exclusive, interest in infectious diseases within a global and multidisciplinary perspective. Within MACH, global health is prioritised through a centre devoted to global health didactics and research.
The Institute of Global Health was founded in January 2014 as a transformation of the former Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine. This transformation was decided by the University of Geneva as a continuation of efforts to develop academic global health given the unique location of Geneva in the field. Geneva hosts most of the major actors of global health: the World Health Organization, UNAIDS, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, ICRC, GAVI, FIND, MSF and many other NGOs and foundations, with diplomatic permanent UN representations for more than 140 countries. The creation of the Institute of Global Health was inspired by a shared commitment to foster academic Global Health at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva. It is located in the facilities of Campus Biotech shared by the University of Geneva and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
ITM conducts, within a coherent academic triad, fundamental, translational and applied scientific research; delivers advanced education and training; and provides medical, scientific and societal expert services. ITM strives in the fulfilment of its mission for excellence, integrity, specificity and efficiency. It upholds human dignity and diversity, academic creativity and critical sense, solidarity and collaboration, and the well-being of its employees, students, patients and other clients.
The Institute for Global Health at UCL provides a unique, cross-disciplinary approach throughout their research and teaching activities. UCL works in the real world, collaborating with communities at all levels, and offering workable solutions for policy makers. The Institute for Global Health implements UCL’s Grand Challenge of Global Health, a cross disciplinary initiative to provide innovative, workable solutions to global health problems
Charles University in Prague is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic.
According to the recent Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Charles University, with its student body of 50.000, ranked as the leading university in the Czech Republic and the second one in Central and Eastern Europe.
Charles University has a number of top research teams that collaborate with foreign institutions. Students at individual faculties also have the opportunity to participate in scientific and research activities of the university
The Portuguese Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT) is an Organic Unit of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL). It functions in the dependence of the Ministry of Education and Science, and it aims at developing the scientific knowledge of health problems related with the tropical and intertropical world.
Julius Global Health is part of the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands. Established in 2012, Julius Global Health promotes health and equity in health through research and evidence-based interventions against major health problems globally and through high-impact global health research capacity strengthening. Thematic focus areas include non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer); infectious diseases (NCD-HIV interaction); reproductive, maternal, and child health, exposome sciences and planetary health, with commitment to equity, justice, and sustainability’
KU Leuven is an international community where innovative research forms the basis of all our academic programs. Across the university, driven researchers and curious students continually gain new insights and use their knowledge to tackle the foremost challenges of our time.
The Group of Biomedical Sciences aims to be a leading academic biomedical center with a prominent role at national and international level. By providing high-quality and innovative patient care, by offering inspiring education and training, and by performing ground breaking research, the Group of Biomedical Sciences, together with the University Hospital, takes up its responsibility in improving health care in Belgium, Europe and the world of tomorrow
