The University of Belgrade, with around 92,000 students and 7,200 employees, is the largest educational and research centers in Central Europe. The University of Belgrade is a state university. Its main activities in the fields of higher education and scientific research are activities of public interest, and they are carried out in accordance with the legal regulations. During the two centuries of its existence the University of Belgrade has served its people, and its former students and teachers have greatly contributed to the development of cultural, scientific, educational, political and economic life of our country. The University of Belgrade is prepared to maintain and enhance its position as the leading institution of higher education in the region by adapting to the challenges of modern times on one hand, and preserving what's worth in its tradition on the other. The University of Belgrade adopted Open Science Platform by the Senate of the University of Belgrade at its session held on March 13, 2019.

The University of Cape Town is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 it is the oldest university in South Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa. UCT is consistently the highest-ranked African university in the QS World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities, and its Commerce, Law, and Medicine Faculties are consistently placed among the hundred best internationally. UCT is the only African member of the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) within the World Economic Forum.

The University of Padua was founded in 1222 and is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious universities. Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Andrea Vesalio, William Harvey, Pietro d’Abano and Carlo Goldoni are just some of the scientists, physicians, philosophers, jurists and writers who have made Padua a landmark for the discovery and spread of European science and culture. It was at Padua that Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia became the world’s first woman to be awarded a degree when she graduated in Philosophy in 1678. The University of Padua, loyal to its motto Universa Universis Patavina Libertas, has always been a bastion of free thought, study and research. Today, Padua is a major multidisciplinary university whose lecturers, students and staff account for almost one third of the town’s population. Its 8 schools (Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Economics and Political Science, Engineering, Law, Human and Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage, Medicine, Psychology, Science) and 32 departments ensure that Padua offers a broad and varied range of subjects that cover all fields of learning. The University is also the scientific and cultural heart of Italy’s industrious north-east, providing highly specialised training for the area’s 7-million-plus residents and its 650,000-plus businesses, a role made possible by its extensive network of campuses located across the Veneto region.