The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed millions of learners, teachers and researchers to new realities, new ways of learning and teaching, examination, communicating and doing research. It is clear that the impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education has been tremendous, with all institutions and students having been affected. Many universities reacted in a flexible way to the crisis, but the U-Multirank data also show that few higher education institutions were prepared for the provision of full online programmes.