Group of Eight (Australian universities)

Not to be confused with the G8 (Group of Eight Industrialized Nations).

The Group of Eight (Go8) is a lobby group for the tertiary institutions generally considered to be the most prestigious and research-intensive universities in Australia. Operating informally as a network of vice-chancellors since 1994 and formally incorporated in 1999, it is an attempted equivalent to the American Ivy League. All members of the group, barring UNSW and Monash are called sandstone universities (Australian universities established before 1950), and all of their primary campuses are based within an Australian capital city.

The group, in arguing for prioritisation of research funding and in lobbying for increased funding for the largest and most popular campuses, sometimes finds itself at odds with smaller, regional and rural unversities.

Members

The members of the Group of Eight are, in alphabetical order:

• University of Adelaide, in Adelaide, South Australia, founded 1874
• Australian National University, in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, founded 1946
• University of Melbourne, in Melbourne, Victoria, founded 1853
• Monash University, in Melbourne, Victoria, founded 1958
• University of New South Wales, in Sydney, New South Wales, founded 1949
• University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Queensland, founded 1909
• University of Sydney, in Sydney, New South Wales, founded 1850
• University of Western Australia, in Perth, Western Australia, founded 1911

See also

• Ivy League (alliance of prestigious U.S. universities)
• Russell Group (network of leading U.K. universities)
• Coimbra Group (network of leading European universities)
• Universitas 21 (international network of universities)
• Universities in Australia
• Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee
• Australian Technology Network
• cf. Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia)

External link

• Group of Eight Official Website