List of higher education associations and alliances

Many institutions of higher education often combine their resources so that they can share information and resources, coordinate research agendas, and afford each other mutual support.

Legal[edit]

• Association of American Law Schools
• Law Schools Global League

Medical[edit]

• Association of American Medical Colleges
• MedCity – collaboration between medical research universities in London

Research-based associations[edit]

• Association of American Universities - Group of leading American and Canadian research universities
• Europaeum
• League of European Research Universities
• Universities Research Association – A corporation for management of research facilities formed by a consortium of universities, primarily in the United States but also internationally
• Russell Group – A group of research-based universities in the United Kingdom
• Group of Eight (Australian universities) - A group of leading Australian tertiary institutions intensive in research and comprehensive in general and professional education
• U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities - A group of 15 Canadian public research universities
• International Alliance of Research Universities
• International Research Universities Network
• IDEA League (a strategic alliance of five of Europe's leading technical research universities)
• C9 League (China)
• U15 (Germany)
• TU9 (Germany)
• Eastern ARC (research consortium in eastern England)
• M5 (research consortium in the English Midlands)
• GW4 (research consortium in southwest England and Wales)
• N8 Research Partnership (research consortium in northern England)
• SES (research consortium in southeast England)
• White Rose University Consortium (research consortium in Yorkshire)
• G5 (group of research universities in southeast England)
• Matariki Network of Universities – international group of research universities
• PLuS Alliance

Geographic[edit]

Arctic region[edit]

• University of the Arctic

Africa[edit]

• Association of African Universities

Canada[edit]

• Association of Canadian Community Colleges
• Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

Colombia[edit]

• Colombia - Challenge Your Knowledge -CCYK-

Europe[edit]

• European University Association
• EAIE
• EURODOC
• Coimbra Group
• Europaeum
• IDEA League
• Young European Research Universities Network
• LAOTSE
• League of European Research Universities
• Utrecht Network
• Institutional Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe

Mexico[edit]

• AMPEI (AMPEI)

Pacific Rim[edit]

• Association of Pacific Rim Universities

United Kingdom[edit]

• Universities UK
• University Alliance
• Million+
• GuildHE
• Wallace Group
• SETsquared

United States[edit]

• Association of American Colleges and Universities
• Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• Great Cities' Universities
• Association of Independent Technological Universities

Geographically Non-Specific[edit]

• Association of Commonwealth Universities
• Worldwide Universities Network
• Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)
• International Association of Universities (IAU)
• Universitas 21

Language-based[edit]

• Agence universitaire de la Francophonie - French

Religious[edit]

• Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities – An organization made up of Jesuit institutions of higher education in the United States
• Cathedrals Group – association of British universities and university colleges with Christian foundations