Many institutions of higher education combine their resources so that they can share information and resources, coordinate research agendas, and afford each other mutual support.
Global
- International Association of Universities (IAU)
- International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU)
- Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)
- Agence universitaire de la Francophonie - Universities in French speaking countries and regions (AUF)
- Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
- Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED)
- Black Sea Universities Network (BSUN)
- BRICS Universities League
- The Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL)
- Venice International University (VIU)
- U7 Alliance of World Universities [1]
Research networks:
- International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU)
- Matariki Network of Universities (MNU)
- PLuS Alliance
- Universitas 21
- Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)
- Global Alliance of Technological Universities
- McDonnell International Scholars Academy (MISA)
- Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance (PRRLA) [2]
- International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL)
Subject groups:
- International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media (Cumulus) [3]
- Law Schools Global League (LSGL)
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- Quantitative Techniques for Economics and Management (QTEM) [4]
- Association of MBAs (AMBA)
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- Executive MBA Council (EMBAC)
- EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
- Graduate Business Forum
- Global Network for Advanced Management
- Global Business School Network (GBSN) [5]
- Partnership in International Management (PIM) [6]
- Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS)
- Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) [7]
- Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI)
- The Academy of Business in Society (ABIS) [8]
- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)
- Global Engineering Education Exchange(Global E3) [9]
- Architecture and Urbanism Student Mobility International Programme (AUSMIP)
- The International Consortium of Universities for the Study of Biodiversity and the Environment (iCUBE) [10]
- International Institute for Environmental Studies (IIES) [11]
Africa
Arctic region
- University of the Arctic (UArctic)
Asia–Pacific
- Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU)
- Association of Pacific Rim Universities (also includes universities from the Americas) (APRU)
- Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering (AOTULE)
- Asian Science and Technology Pioneering Institutes of Research and Education (Aspire League) [12]
- Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS) [13]
- Asia-Pacific Association of International Education (APAIE) [14]
- Asian Universities Alliance (AUA)
- Association of the Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP)
- Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities (AALAU)
- ASEAN University Network (AUN)
- University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP)
Australia
- Universities Australia
- Group of Eight (Australian universities) - A group of Australian tertiary institutions intensive in research and comprehensive in general and professional education
- Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) [15] [16]
- Australian Technology Network (ATN)
- Innovative Research Universities (IRU)
- Regional Universities Network (RUN)
China
- Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance
- C9 League
- Cooperation Consortium of Beijing High Technology Universities (Beijing Tech)
- Excellence League
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance (GHMUA)
- National Alliance of High-level Local Universities (NAHLU)
- Sino-Spanish University Alliance
- Yangtze Delta Universities Alliance
India
- Institutes of Eminence (IoE)
- Institutes of National Importance (INI)
- Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
- National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
- Indian Institutes of Information Technology(IIITs)
Japan
Europe
- Balkan Universities Network (BAUNAS)
- CESAER
- Coimbra Group (GC)
- Compostela Group of Universities (CGU)
- European Association for International Education (EAIE)
- EUCOR
- EURODOC
- Europaeum
- European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU)
- European University Association (EUA)
- Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS)
- EuroTech Universities Alliance
- European Council of Leading Business Schools "ECLBS"
- Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities (The Guild)
- IDEA League
- International Research Universities Network (IRUN)
- League of European Research Universities (LERU)
- Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe
- Una Europa
- UnILiON
- Utrecht Network
- Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN)
France
- Couperin (Consortium unifié des établissements universitaires et de recherche pour l'accès aux publications numériques)
Germany
Italy
Spain
- Xarxa Vives d'Universitats - "Vives Network" - network of Catalan language universities
United Kingdom
Representative groups:
Research consortia:
- Eastern ARC (research consortium in eastern England)
- G5 (group of research universities in southeast England)
- GW4 (research consortium in southwest England and Wales)
- Midlands Innovation (research consortium in the English Midlands)
- N8 Research Partnership (research consortium in northern England)
- Science and Engineering South (research consortium in southeast England)
- White Rose University Consortium (research consortium in Yorkshire)
- MedCity – collaboration between medical research universities in London
Mission groups:
Business incubation, spin-out and research commercialisation:
- Midlands Innovation Commercialisation of Research Accelerator (MICRA) – research commercialisation and innovation consortium in the English midlands [17]
- Northern Accelerator – research commercialisation and innovation consortium in northern England [18]
- Northern Gritstone – investment and spin-out consortium in northern England [19]
- SETsquared – business incubator consortium in southern England
Other:
- Wallace Group – international development consortium
- Chartered Association of Business Schools – consortium of UK business schools [20]
The Americas
- Association of American Universities (US and Canada) (AAU)
- Association of Pacific Rim Universities (also includes universities from the Asia–Pacific region) (APRU)
Canada
Mexico
United States
- American Council on Education (ACE)
- American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
- American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
- Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
- National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)
- Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
- Great Cities' Universities (GCU)
- Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU)
Religious:
- Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
- Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities – An organization made up of Jesuit institutions of higher education in the United States
Subject groups:
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