Universitas 21
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| Formation | 1997 |
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| Type | Education and research |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Region served | Global |
Secretary-General | Jane Usherwood |
| Website | www |
Founded in 1997, Universitas 21 is an international network of universities, established as an "international reference point and resource for strategic thinking on issues of global significance."[citation needed] It currently has twenty-six member universities in seventeen different countries and territories. Together, there are 1.3M students and 210,000 academics and researchers associated with these universities.
The universities collaborate on many levels of undergraduate and postgraduate research, and several hundred students per year participate in the student exchange programmes, known collectively as the U21 Student Mobility Progamme.
In 2001, in association with Thomson Learning, Universitas 21 formed an online university called Universitas 21 Global, with its headquarters in Singapore. The program is administered by U21pedagogica Ltd., which is chartered in Guernsey and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia. Thomson Learning became Cengage Learning, then sold its entire 50% in U21Global share to Mauritius-based Manipal Universal Learning International for an undisclosed sum in 2007.
Since 2012, Universitas 21 has commissioned the "U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems". Produced by researchers at the University of Melbourne, this ranking aims to show which countries create a "strong environment" that allows universities to contribute to growth, provide a high-quality student experience and help institutions compete globally.[1] It evaluates the standing of national higher education systems by providing rankings in four broad areas: resources, environment, connectivity and output. The rankings are then combined to provide an overall ranking.[2]
Universitas 21 member institutions
Asia
East Asia
- National University of Singapore (Singapore) [3]
- Korea University (South Korea) [3]
- University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) [3]
- Fudan University (People's Republic of China)[3]
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (People's Republic of China) [3]
- Waseda University (Japan)[3]
South Asia
- University of Delhi (India)[3]
Europe
- Lund University (Sweden)[3]
- University College Dublin (Republic of Ireland)[3]
- University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)[3]
- University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)[3]
- University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)[3]
- University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)[3]
- University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)[3]
North America
- McGill University (Canada)[3]
- Ohio State University (United States)[3]
- Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)[3]
- University of British Columbia (Canada)[3]
- University of Connecticut (United States)[3]
- University of Maryland (United States)[3]
South America
Oceania
- University of Auckland (New Zealand)
- University of Queensland (Australia)
- University of Melbourne (Australia)
- University of New South Wales (Australia)
Africa
- University of Johannesburg (South Africa)[3]
See also
Notes
References
- Williams, Ross; de Rassenfosse, Gaetan; Jensen, Paul; Marginson, Simon (2013). "The determinants of quality national higher education systems". Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 35 (6): 599–611. doi:10.1080/1360080X.2013.854288.