The EPUF is a network of more than a 100 Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education and Research Institutions, established in Tampere (Finland) in 2006.The EPUF is a network of more than a 100 Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education and Research Institutions, established in Tampere (Finland) in 2006.

The values of EPUF are set out in the Barcelona Declaration (1995) and reaffirmed by the Tarragona Declaration (2005) and are pluralism, cultural diversity, mutual respect between societies, religion and belief, the rule of law and fundamental rights.

To become a network of reference acting in a concerted effort (lobbying) towards the European Institutions in order to achieve the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education Area (EMHEA).