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Who may join IMHE? | Advantages of membership | Current members

How to join? | Membership fees

Información sobre la membresía en Español

Who may join IMHE?

Membership is open (subject to IMHE Governing Board approval) to institutions of higher education in any OECD Member country and certain non-member economies. Government departments, agencies and other non-profit organisations dealing with issues in higher education management are also welcome to join.

What are the advantages of IMHE membership?

Participation in activities and conferences

Members are entitled to take part in all activities organised by or in collaboration with the IMHE Programme, including:

• Reduced registration fees to attend the biennial General Conference of member institutions, as well as other IMHE conferences on specific topics; members also benefit from preferential registration
• Special invitations to other OECD Education events
• Opportunities for networking and information exchange with other members
• In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Organisation, if you are elected, you may participate in the IMHE Governing Board and become part of the IMHE work programme’s  decision-making process.

Affiliate benefits

IMHE has formed an affiliation with the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration CONAHEC, so that IMHE members may benefit from:

• A reduced fee of 15% when signing up for CONAHEC membership
• Reductions to attend the (CONAHEC) conferences

NB: Institutions who are already members of CONAHEC may benefit from a reduction of 10% of the annual IMHE membership fee (this applies only after expiry of the initial 2-year introductory rate).

Free subscriptions and access to publications 

Members receive the latest reports and research on higher education management:

• Free access to all online OECD publications (via OECD iLibrary) (**For personal use only by the organisation’s main IMHE contacts)
• Three subscriptions to Higher Education Management and Policy
• IMHE Info three times a year
• IMHE news to members several times a year
• Unpublished documentation from IMHE meetings

Your link to the prestigious OECD

By joining our Programme you will immediately profit from being linked to an internationally recognised network and kept up to date with the latest innovations in education and in managing higher education institutions. Your privileged connection to the OECD will engage you directly in helping in influencing this international organisation on how to tackle key policy issues to improve institutional leadership management and governance in higher education.

When your membership is confirmed and your fee paid, you will receive an OECD-IMHE logo for the current year to display on your website and to link back to the IMHE website. We have created the logo so that our members can clearly show their collaboration with OECD-IMHE, as well as easily identify each other as part of the OECD-IMHE community.

Who are the current members?

• List of IMHE members
• List of IMHE Governing Board members
• Member testimonials

How to join?

Membership Fees

The annual membership fee is 3450€ and is for the calendar year.

Special introductory fee for higher education institutions

In 2012, a special rate of 2150€ per year for the first two years of membership is available for new members. This rate is subject to change. It is for individual higher education institutions only and does not apply to collective bodies, ministries or groups of universities. After two years at the reduced rate, the full annual fee is payable.

Payments for the current year

Organisations joining during the year and liable for the full fee may pay a reduced rate according to the following scale:

• 3450€ – applications approved between 1 January and 30 April
• 2300€ – applications approved between 1 May and 31 August
• 1200€ – applications approved between 1 September and 31 October
• Free (with the 2013 fee payable) – applications approved between 1 November to 31 December

For the special introductory rate for Higher Education Institutions:

• 2150€ – applications approved between 1 January and 31 August (+ introductory fee for the following year)
• 1200€ – applications approved between 1 September and 31 October (+ introductory fee for the following year)
• Free (with the 2013 fee payable) – applications approved between 1 November to 31 December (+ introductory fee for the following two years)

Cancellation of membership
The work of IMHE is paid for by its members, therefore we ask that requests for cancellation of membership for the following year must be notified by 30 June of the current year. If a request is received after 30 June, then the membership payment remains due for the following year and the cancellation will be effective as of the year after that.

Application form

Please fill out the application form available from the link below, your request for registration will be sent to the IMHE Governing Board, which will take three weeks to evaluate your candidature.

Membership application form

How to obtain more information?

• FAQ
• Contact the IMHE Secretariat