Group of Eight (Australian universities)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Group of Eight

Data
Established	1999
Members	8
Continent	Australia
Country	Australia
University Type	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 analogous to the Ivy League in the United States. All members of the group except ANU, UNSW and Monash are known as "sandstone universities", 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 universities.

[edit] Members

Member Universities
University	Location	Founded	Homepage
University of Adelaide	Adelaide, SA	1874	Website
Australian National University	Canberra, ACT	1946	Website
University of Melbourne	Melbourne, Vic	1853	Website
Monash University	Melbourne, Vic	1958	Website
University of New South Wales	Sydney, NSW	1949	Website
University of Queensland	Brisbane, QLD	1909	Website
University of Sydney	Sydney, NSW	1850	Website
University of Western Australia	Perth, WA	1911	Website