Comprised of the President, the members of the Board, and the Chairpersons or nominated representatives of all the full collective members of the Association, as listed below.
Council members
- Austria Prof. Heinrich Schmidinger, President of Universities Austria
- Belgium Prof. Bruno Delvaux, President, Rectors' Conference, French Community of Belgium
- Belgium Prof. Paul Van Cauwenberge, President, Flemish Interuniversity Council
- Bulgaria Prof. Borislav Borissov, President, Bulgarian Rectors' Conference
- Croatia Prof. Ante Uglesic, President, Croatian Rectors' Conference
- Cyprus Prof. Michalis Attalides, President, Cyprus Rectors' Conference
- Czech Republic Prof. Josef Koubek, Permanent Representative, Czech Rectors' Conference
- Denmark Prof. Jens Oddershede, President, Universities Denmark
- Estonia Prof. Alar Karis, President, Estonian Rectors' Conference
- Finland Prof. Kaija Holli, President, Universities Finland - UNIFI
- France Prof. Louis Vogel, President, Conference of University Presidents
- Germany Prof. Dieter Lenzen, Permanent Representative, German Rector’s Conference
- Greece Prof. Ioannis Mylopoulos, President, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Holy See Rev. Prof. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, President, Conference of Rectors of Roman Pontifical Universities
- Hungary Prof. József Bódis, President, Hungarian Rectors' Conference
- Iceland Prof. Jon Atli Benediktsson, Permanent Representative, National Rectors' Conference in Iceland
- Ireland Dr. Michael Murphy, President, Irish Universities Association
- Italy Prof. Davide Bassi, Permanent Representative, Conference of Italian University Rectors
- Latvia Prof. Arvids Barševskis, President, Latvian Rectors’ Council
- Lithuania Prof. Remigijus Zaliunas, President, Lithuanian Universities Rectors' Conference
- Luxembourg Prof. Rolf Tarrach, Rector, University of Luxembourg
- The Netherlands Dr. Dirk Jan van den Berg, Permanent Representative, Association of Universities in the Netherlands
- Norway Prof. Jan I. Haaland, President, Norwegian Association for Higher Education Institutions
- Poland Prof. Katarzyna Chalasinska-Macukow, President, Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland
- Portugal Prof. António Rendas, President, Portuguese National Conference of Rectors
- Romania Prof. Ecaterina Andronescu, President, Romanian Council of Rectors
- Serbia Prof. Branko Kovacevic, President, Conference of the universities of Serbia
- Slovak Republic Prof. RNDr. Libor Vozár, President, Slovak Rectors' Conference
- Slovenia Prof. Danijel Rebolj, President, Slovenian Rectors´ Conference
- Spain Prof. Adelaida de la Calle Martín, President, The Conference of the Rectors of the Spanish Universities
- Sweden Prof. Pam Fredman, President, Association of Swedish Higher Education
- Switzerland Prof. Antonio Loprieno, President, Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities
- Turkey Prof. Gökhan Çatinsaya, President, Turkish University Rectors' Conference
- United Kingdom Prof. Eric Thomas, President, Universities UK