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Group of Eight
Formation 1999
Type Public
Location Australia
Membership 8
Website http://www.go8.edu.au/

The Group of Eight (Go8) is a group of eight Australian tertiary institutions which are the oldest universities in Australia. It was established informally as a network of vice-chancellors in 1994 and was formally incorporated in 1999. The group is seen as Australia's version of the Ivy League, consisting of the most prestigious and wealthy universities in the country.

All members of the group except ANU, UNSW and Monash are known as "sandstone universities", and all of their primary campuses are based in the six largest Australian capital cities.

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 universities.

Members

Member Universities
University Location Founded Students National Rank (*) World Rank (*) Homepage
Australian National University Canberra, ACT 1946 12482 1 16 Website
University of Sydney Sydney, NSW 1850 45182 2 37 Website
University of Melbourne Melbourne, VIC 1853 33639 3 38 Website
University of Queensland Brisbane, QLD 1909 37518 4 43 Website
University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW 1949 39067 5 45 Website
Monash University Melbourne, VIC 1958 55000 6 47 Website
University of Western Australia Perth, WA 1911 22419 7 83 Website
University of Adelaide Adelaide, SA 1874 18385 8 106 Website

(*) Based on THES-QS 2008 rankings [1]

See also

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