BRICS Universities League
BRICS Universities League is a consortium of leading research universities from BRICS countries including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Initiated in Shanghai on July 6, 2013, the League aims to become a platform for academic and expert cooperation, comparative research, and international educational projects.[1] In October 2015, around 40 outstanding universities from the five BRICS countries gathered in Beijing Normal University to hold the BRICS Universities Presidents Forum. After this Forum, the participating universities declared the Beijing Consensus, and they decided to establish the BRICS Universities League. The League Secretariat is located in Beijing Normal University, with the BNU as a leading university in terms of BRICS higher education and academic cooperation. The League is expanding to attract more and more outstanding BRICS universities to participate in its activities. The BRICS Universities League has performed as a strategic pillar for the BRICS cooperation.
Current Members
China
University | Location | Year Founded | Note |
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Beijing Normal University | Beijing | 1902 | Project 985 Project 211 |
Jilin University | Changchun | 1946 | Project 985 Project 211 |
East China Normal University | Shanghai | 1951 | Project 985 Project 211 |
Tsinghua University | Beijing | 1911 | Project 985 Project 211 |
Sichuan University | Chengdu, Sichuan | 1896 | Project 985 Project 211 |
Zhejiang Normal University | Jinhua, Zhejiang | 1956 |
Russia
University | Location | Year Founded | Note |
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Saint Petersburg State University | Saint Petersburg | 1724 | |
Far Eastern Federal University | Vladivostok | 1899 | |
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) | Moscow | 1942 | |
Moscow State Institute of International Relations | Moscow | 1944 | |
Higher School of Economics | Moscow | 1992 | |
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia | Moscow | 1960 |