Coimbra Group
| Abbreviation | CG |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Honorary President (2016-2017) | Rector Yves Jean University of Poitiers |
Executive Board Chair | Dorothy Kelly University of Granada |
Office Director | Inge Knudsen |
| Website | www |
The Coimbra Group is an association of European universities founded in 1985. Its member universities are older multi-disciplinary research institutions.[1]
The group takes its name from the city of Coimbra, Portugal, and its University of Coimbra, one of the oldest in Europe.
History
The Coimbra Group was founded in 1985 and formally constituted in 1987 by a charter signed between its members, then numbering 19.[2] In 1994 it published Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group.[3] A second edition was published in 2005, by which time Caen had left the group while Åbo, Bergen, Geneva, Graz, Lyon, Padua, Tartu and Turku had joined.[4]
In 2013 the group consisted of 40 universities,[5][6] but by the following year this had fallen to 37 with the departures of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), the University of Cambridge (UK) and the University of Oxford (UK).[7] Since then, the Group has added Vilnius University (Lithuania) in June 2015[8] and Durham University (UK) in June 2016.[9] This brought the membership of the group to 39,[10] but it subsequently fell to 38 in October 2016, when a new membership list showed the departure of the University of Lyons (France).[11]
Mission
The Coimbra Group works for the benefit of its members by promoting "internationalization, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society" through "creating special academic and cultural ties", by lobbying at the European level, and by developing best-practice.[12]
Members
As of October 2016, the Coimbra Group includes 38 universities in 23 countries:[11] Charter members are marked *, either on this list or the list of former members.
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Dutch-speaking)
- Université catholique de Louvain* (French-speaking)
- Åbo Akademi University (Swedish-speaking)
- University of Turku (Finnish-speaking)
- Georg-August University of Göttingen*
- Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg*
- Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
- Julius-Maximilian University of Würzburg*
- NUI Galway*
- University of Dublin* (Trinity College Dublin, sole constituent college of the university)
Former members
- University of Caen* (France)
- University of Cambridge (UK)
- University of Lyon (France)
- University of Oxford* (UK)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki* (Greece)
References
- ^ "Welcome to the Coimbra Group".
- ^ "Foundation Charter" (PDF). Coimbra Group. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Jos. M. M. Hermans; Marc Nelissen (1994). Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group. Coimbra Group.
- ^ Jos. M. M. Hermans; Marc Nelissen (2005). Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group. Leuven University Press. p. 8.
- ^ "NUI Galway hosts Coimbra Group Annual Conference, 2013℅". NUI Galway. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Members". Coimbra Group. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2 May 2013 suggested (help) - ^ "CG Member Universities" (PDF). Coimbra Group. October 2014.
- ^ "The CG welcomes Vilnius University". 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Durham forges new links with European universities". Durham University. 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Coimbra Group at a glance" (PDF). Coimbra Group. June 2016.
- ^ a b "CG Member Universities" (PDF). Coimbra Group. October 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Mission statement". Coimbra Group. Retrieved 1 March 2017.