Group of Eight (Australian universities)
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Formation | 1999 |
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Type | Nonprofit organisation |
Headquarters | Canberra, ACT |
Location |
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Membership | University of Adelaide Australian National University University of Melbourne Monash University UNSW Sydney University of Queensland University of Sydney University of Western Australia |
Website | www |
The Group of Eight (Go8) comprises Australia's leading research intensive universities (in alphabetical order) - the University of Adelaide, the Australian National University, the University of Melbourne, Monash University, UNSW Sydney, the University of Queensland, the University of Sydney and the University of Western Australia. It is often compared to the Russell Group of pioneering research universities in the United Kingdom.[1]
The Go8 universities are some of the largest and the oldest universities in Australia[2] and are consistently the highest ranked of all Australian universities. Six of the Go8 members are ranked in the world's top 100 universities and seven of the Go8 members are ranked in the world's top 150 universities; in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE), the QS World University Rankings (QS) and the U.S. News & World Report (US News). Go8 Universities feature in the top 50 for every broad subject area in the QS world university subject rankings. In addition, all Go8 Universities are in the QS top 100 for Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences and Medicine, Arts and Humanities, and Social Sciences and Management.
The Go8 enrols over 400,000 students; educating more than one quarter of all higher education students in Australia. The Go8 has some 31,000 research students and almost half of all research completions are from a Go8 university.
The Go8 undertakes 70 per cent of Australia's university research and their research funding from industry and other non-Government sources is twice that of the rest of the sector combined.
The Go8 receives 73 per cent of Australian Competitive Grant (Category 1) funding and had the largest proportion of research fields rated at 4 or 5 (‘above’ or ‘well above’ world standard) in the latest Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) exercise, with 99 per cent of Go8 research is world class or above. Each year the Go8 spends some $6.4 billion on research – more than $2 billion of which is spent on Medical and Health Services research. Go8 universities educate more than half of Australia's doctors, dentists, vets and provide some 55 per cent of Australia's science graduates and more than 40 per cent of Australia's engineering graduates.
The Go8 Board, which consists of the vice-chancellors (who also serve as principals or presidents) of its eight member universities, meets five times a year. The current Chair of the Board is Margaret Gardner, Vice-Chancellor of Monash University. Vicki Thomson is the Chief Executive of the Group of Eight, taking up the role in January 2015.[3]
Members[]
University | City | Established | Rankings | |||||||||||
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QS World (2022)[4] |
THE World (2021)[5] |
US News (2021)[6] |
ARWU World (2020)[7] |
Scimago (2020)[8] |
URAP (2019)[9] |
NTU (2020)[10] |
Leiden (2020)[11][note 1] |
Average | ||||||
Australian National University | Canberra | 1946 | 27= | 59 | 64= | 67 | 160 | 134 | 164 | 153 | 104 | |||
University of Melbourne | Melbourne | 1853 | 37 | 31 | 25 | 35 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 39 | 31 | |||
University of Sydney | Sydney | 1850 | 38 | 51= | 27 | 74= | 35 | 24 | 31 | 35 | 39 | |||
University of New South Wales | Sydney | 1949 | 43 | 67 | 51= | 74= | 62 | 44 | 51 | 48 | 55 | |||
University of Queensland | Brisbane | 1909 | 47 | 62= | 36= | 54 | 44 | 35 | 39 | 31 | 44 | |||
Monash University | Melbourne | 1958 | 58 | 64= | 48= | 85 | 52 | 39 | 45 | 52 | 55 | |||
University of Western Australia | Perth | 1911 | 93 | 139 | 79 | 85 | 150 | 110 | 124 | 159 | 117 | |||
University of Adelaide | Adelaide | 1874 | 108 | 118= | 73= | 151-200 | 159 | 144 | 132 | 91 | 125[note 2] |
Equals signs (=) denote tied rankings.
Map[]
Go8 law schools[]
Summary of schools[]
University | Law school | State / territory | Est. | Undergrad law intake 2019 | ATAR selection threshold 2020 |
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Australian National University | College of Law | Australian Capital Territory | 1960 | 400~[12][note 3] | 98[13] |
University of Sydney | Law School | New South Wales | 1855 | 323[14] | 99.5[15] |
University of Melbourne | Law School | Victoria | 1857 | N/A | N/A |
University of New South Wales | Faculty of Law | New South Wales | 1971 | 400~[16] | ATAR & Law Admission Test (LAT)[17] |
University of Queensland | Law School | Queensland | 1936 | 203[18] | 98[19] |
Monash University | Faculty of Law | Victoria | 1963 | 457[20] | 98[21] |
University of Adelaide | Law School | South Australia | 1883 | 288[22] | 95[23] |
University of Western Australia | Law School | Western Australia | 1927 | N/A | N/A |
See also[]
- Australian Technology Network
- C9 League
- G5 (universities)
- Golden triangle (universities)
- Imperial Universities
- Innovative Research Universities
- Ivy League
- Law schools in Australia
- Universities in Australia
- Regional Universities Network
- Russel Group
- SKY_(universities)
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Group of Eight benefits for economy 'bigger than Russell Group's'" (PDF). Group of Eight. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Neumann, R. (2002). "Diversity, doctoral education and policy". Higher Education Research & Development. 21 (2): 167–178. doi:10.1080/07294360220144088.
- ^ "The Go8 Team". Group of Eight Australia. 26 July 2017.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings 2022". Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "World University Rankings 2021". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Top World University Rankings | US News Best Global Universities". www.usnews.com. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Scimago Institutions Rankings". www.scimagoir.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "URAP 2019-2020 | World Ranking 2019-2020". urapcenter.org. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "By Country". nturanking.csti.tw. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Studies (CWTS), Centre for Science and Technology. "CWTS Leiden Ranking". CWTS Leiden Ranking. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "ANU Law at a Glance 2018" (PDF).
- ^ "Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - ANU". programsandcourses.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Student and ATAR admission profiles". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Student and ATAR admission profiles". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Admission to UNSW - Future Students - UNSW Sydney". www.futurestudents.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Arts/Law". UNSW Degree Finder. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Go further with UQ law - School of Law - University of Queensland". law.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - Future Students - University of Queensland". future-students.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Student profile". Study at Monash University. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Laws - L3001". Study at Monash University. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Search Results | Degree Finder". www.adelaide.edu.au. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Bachelor of Laws | Degree Finder". www.adelaide.edu.au. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
External links[]
- Group of Eight (Australian universities)
- College and university associations and consortia in Australia