The EAAE is an international non-profit association committed to the exchange of ideas and people within the field of architectural education and research. The EAAE aims at improving the knowledge base and the quality of architectural and urban design education. It is a bi-lingual English/French association.

Founded in 1975, the EAAE has grown in stature to become an institution fulfilling an increasingly essential role in providing a European perspective for the work of architectural educationalists as well as concerned gevernmental agencies.

The EAAE counts more than 140 Active Member Schools in Europe from the Canary Islands to the Urals, representing almost 5.000 tenured faculty members and more than 120.000 students of architecture from the undergraduate to the doctoral level. The association is building up associate membership worldwide.

The EAAE provides the framework whereby its members can find information on other schools and addresses a variety of important issues in conferences, workshops and summer schools for young teachers. The Association publishes and distributes proceedings. It also grants awards and prizes. It provides its Data Bank information to its members.