Universitas 21 - Definition and Overview

Universitas 21 is an international network of leading research-intensive universities, "designed to enrich the educational, research and scholarly functions of the member institutions, to strengthen their capacity to operate internationally and to enhance their international recognition and standing."

Founded in 1997, Universitas 21 currently has 17 member universities in 10 different countries. Collectively, its universities have 500,000 students, employ around 40,000 academics and researchers and have over 2 million alumni.

Members:

Australia:

• University of Melbourne
• University of New South Wales
• University of Queensland

Canada:

• University of British Columbia
• McGill University

China:

• Fudan University (Shanghai)
• University of Hong Kong
• Peking University

Germany:

• Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg

New Zealand:

• University of Auckland

Singapore:

• National University of Singapore

Sweden:

• Lund University

United Kingdom:

• University of Birmingham
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• University of Nottingham

United States of America:

• University of Virginia

External link

• Universitas 21 website (http://www.universitas21.com/)