European institutions in Strasbourg European Studies, CEES) of the University of Strasbourg and subtitled itself "École européenne de gouvernance" (European Governance School). Another related academic institution is the Institut des hautes études européennes (IHEE), located in the Art Nouveau former Villa Knopf (built 1903–1905), close to the Parliament and the CoE. This school was founded in 1953 and was then called "Centre universitaire des hautes études européennes" (University Center for higher European Studies). The École Européenne de Strasbourg has been inaugurated by French education minister Xavier Darcos on 4 September 2008. It is the first school of its kind in France. Strasbourg also serves
Model European Union Strasbourg universities, student organisations, NGOs, various student simulations of the United Nations and the EU, but also major youth organisations as AEGEE,JEF, AIESEC or Erasmus Student Network (ESN). Furthermore, the conference was supported by high-range EU politicians such as Martin Schulz, José Manuel Barroso, Hans-Gert Pöttering and Herman van Rompuy. Model European Union Strasbourg was one of the National winners of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize 2010 and 2016. The Model European Union Strasbourg 2015 edition, was selected by the European Commission as a success story because it was judged as having a strong fit with the aims and objectives of