Group of Eight (Australian Universities) - Definition and Overview

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 bar UNSW and Monash are "sandstone universities", and all of their primary campuses are based within an Australian capital city.

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

• University of Adelaide
• Australian National University
• University of Melbourne
• Monash University
• University of New South Wales
• University of Queensland
• University of Sydney
• University of Western Australia

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.

See also

• Ivy League (a group comprising some of the most prestigious universities in the U.S.)
• List of 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 (http://www.go8.edu.au/)