This paper provides a new and systematic characterization of 488 universities, from 11 European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and UK. Using micro indicators built on the integrated Aquameth database, we characterize the Europeanuniversity landscape according to the following dimensions: history/foundation of university, dynamics of growth, specialization pattern, subject mix, funding composition, offer profile and productivity.
Daraio, Cinzia ; Bonaccorsi, Andrea ; Geuna, Aldo ; Lepori, Benedetto ; Bach, Laurent ; et. al. The European university landscape: A micro characterization based on evidence from the Aquameth project. In: Research Policy, Vol. 40, p. 148-164 (2011)