Group of Eight (Australian universities)

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

Group of Eight

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Established	1999
Members	8
Continent	Australia
Country	Australia
University Type	Private & Public
Other Names	Go8

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

Adelaide	ANU	Melbourne	Monash
UNSW	Queensland	Sydney	UWA

External link

Group of Eight Official Website

Categories: Australian university groups

Group of Eight (Australian universities)

Members

See also

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