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Revision as of 18:39, 2 February 2006
Universitas 21 is an international network of research-intensive universities, established as an "international reference point and resource for strategic thinking on issues of global significance." Together, there are 500,000 students and 40,000 academians and researchers associated with these universities, which have over 2 million alumni.
Founded in 1997, Universitas 21 currently has 17 member universities in 10 different countries and territories. Korea University in South Korea joined the network in 2005.
In 2001, Universitas 21, in a collaborative effort with Thomson Learning, formed an online university called Universitas 21 Global, with its headquarters in Singapore. The program is administered and quality-assured by U21pedagogica Ltd., chartered in Guernsey and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia (USA), near the historic grounds of the University of Virginia – a World Heritage Site as designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
Universitas 21 member institutions
Australia and New Zealand
- University of Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)
- University of Queensland (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
- University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
- University of New South Wales (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
East Asia
- Fudan University (Shanghai, People's Republic of China)
- Korea University (Seoul, South Korea)
- National University of Singapore (Singapore)
- Peking University (Beijing, People's Republic of China)
- University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong (People's Republic of China))
Europe
- Lund University (Lund, Skåne, Sweden)
- University of Birmingham (Birmingham, England, United Kingdom)
- University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom)
- University of Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom)
- University of Nottingham (Nottingham, England, United Kingdom)
North America
- McGill University (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
- University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
- University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia, United States)