Coimbra Group
Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is a network of European universities which gathers 39 of the older universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Salamanca, Bristol, Louvain/Leuven, Montpellier, Uppsala, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Dublin, Bologna, Siena, Leiden, Coimbra, Barcelona and Granada. The group took its name from one of the oldest universities in Europe, the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Coincidentally, the University of Coimbra celebrated its 700th anniversary that same year, 1985.
Mission Quote from the Coimbra Group website (see below for link): - Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is an association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities of high international standard committed to creating special academic and cultural ties in order to promote, for the benefit of its members, internationalisation, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society. It is also the purpose of the Group to influence European educational policy and to develop best practice through the mutual exchange of experience.
Members Austria University of Graz Belgium Catholic University of Leuven (Dutch-speaking) * Catholic University of Louvain (French-speaking) Czech Republic Charles University of Prague Denmark University of Aarhus Estonia University of Tartu Finland Ĺbo Akademi University University of Turku France University of Lyon University of Montpellier (Montpellier is treated as 3 institutions) University of Poitiers Germany University of Göttingen University of Heidelberg * University of Jena University of Würzburg Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Hungary University of Budapest Ireland National University of Ireland, Galway Trinity College, Dublin Italy University of Bologna University of Padova University of Pavia University of Siena The Netherlands University of Groningen University of Leiden * Norway University of Bergen Poland University of Kraków Portugal University of Coimbra Spain University of Barcelona University of Granada University of Salamanca Sweden University of Uppsala Switzerland University of Geneva * United Kingdom University of Bristol University of Cambridge * University of Edinburgh * University of Oxford * The 7 universities marked with an * are also members of the LERU (League of European Research Universities).
See also Ivy League (a group comprising some prestigious U.S universities) Russell Group (leading UK universities) List of colleges and universities by country
External linkCoimbra Group official site
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