ECTRI members are "focus research"-oriented organisations and some of them deal with cutting-edge research issues. They are involved in Regional, National, European and International Programmes.
ECTRI includes 20 institutes (or universities) from 17 different countries (See ECTRI contacts list)
All current ECTRI members fulfill the following criteria for acceptance :
 They commit to the ECTRI statutes (English version, French version)
They commit to the ECTRI cooperation agreement
They commit to the ECTRI fees level
They carry out surface transport research at least in two modes (all the present members are performing research concerning surface transport and some are also involved in maritime and aerospace)
They are national transport research institutes (according to the national departments in charge of science or transport); if there is no official national transport research institute, the applicant has to be a national hub of transport research teams ienin its country at the academic level |
