Each member has a respectable research-oriented profile and is the largest producer of engineering and science graduates in its own country.

One of the IDEA League's main ambitions is to re-establish Europe as a technological and scientific leader by bundling academic resources and knowledge.

Imperial College London confirmed its decision to withdraw from the IDEA League with effect from December 2012.

[1] At the end of 2013, Paris Tech left the IDEA League because the university was restructuring in connection with the newly created Paris-Saclay campus.

The programme builds on the strengths and the complementary expertise in Earth Science at the three universities.