A new version of the Magna Charta Universitatum

Two days for the MCU, the document first drafted in 1988 to identify the essential values and principles of all universities. This event will be carried out online (registration on Eventbrite) on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 of June.

"University values and responsibilities: responding to the challenges of the future" is the title of the event that will consider the changes that universities have witnessed since 1988 and the challenges laying ahead, culminating in the launch and signature of the new Magna Charta (MCU2020). Since the Magna Charta Universitatum was first signed in 1988 the environment faced by universities has changed massively.

For this reason, a new version of the Magna Charta Universitatum (MCU 2020) has been drafted through a global consultation on the needs and values of universities. The first session of June 16 will focus on the changes which universities have faced, their implications and the challenges which universities face now and will face in the future.

The second session will focus on the MCU 2020, the need for it, the structure of it, how it differs from its predecessor and how universities might gain the most value from engaging with it. On June 17, the MCU 2020 will be launched and signed for the first time by all signatory universities. Videos will show how signatory universities are putting values into practice and there will be inputs based on the themes of the new MCU.