EUCLID (Euclid University / Pôle Universitaire Euclide) is a specialized intergovernmental organization established in 2008 with a formal university mandate and charter. It offers advanced, flexible online degree programs (primarily master’s and PhD level) in fields such as global governance, sustainable development, diplomacy, interfaith studies, global health, and related disciplines. Its primary mission is to prepare expert leaders for international civil service and global careers, with a strong focus on serving government officials, diplomats, and international civil servants from its Participating States and beyond.
What makes it an intergovernmental / treaty-based university?
EUCLID is not a traditional national university. It was created and constituted directly by multilateral intergovernmental agreements (treaties) signed by its Participating States. These agreements:
- Were approved by the duly authorized representatives of the Participating States in 2008.
- Entered into force on 16 April 2008 (initial agreement) and were updated in 2009.
- Explicitly define EUCLID as an international intergovernmental organization (IGO) with international legal personality, grant it a university charter, and approve its degree-granting authority.
- Are registered and published in the United Nations Treaty Series under certificates 49006 and 49007 (pursuant to Article 102 of the UN Charter).
This treaty-based foundation places EUCLID in a very small and exclusive category of “international / intergovernmental” universities under international law (alongside institutions such as the United Nations University and the University for Peace). Its legal status is governed by international law rather than the domestic law of any single country, and it enjoys the privileges and immunities typical of IGOs.
In short, EUCLID is a public, treaty-based intergovernmental university — one of the rare institutions worldwide whose very existence and academic mandate are established by sovereign states through formal international treaties deposited with the United Nations.