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The European University Association is today issuing a new "autonomy scorecard" that compares the autonomy given to university systems throughout Europe. The rankings are in four areas: organizational, financial, staffing and academic autonomy. Following are the countries where the higher education systems have the most and least autonomy.

Category 3 Most Autonomous (from top) 3 Least Autonomous (from bottom)
Organizational Britain, Denmark, Finland Luxembourg, Turkey, Greece
Financial Luxembourg, Estonia, Britain Cyprus, Hesse, Greece
Staffing Estonia, Britain, and three-way tie between Czech Republic, Sweden and Switzerland Greece, France and tie between Cyprus and Spain
Academic Ireland, Norway, Britain France, Greece, Lithuania

 

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