Coimbra Group
The Coimbra Group is a network of European universities founded in 1985. The legal status of the group is a non-profit association under Belgian law, as described in the statute. The group has its headquarters in Brussels. The group is represented by the General Assembly.
Self-definition
The Coimbra Group sees itself as an organization rich in tradition, European multidisciplinary universities of high international caliber.
The statutory purpose of the organization is to provide academic and cultural connections to the benefit of all members, internationalization and academic cooperation. The pursuit of excellence in teaching and research and service to society in general unites the members.
A target is a lively exchange of ideas, it will also find sports competitions take place. Another goal of the group is the common influence on education policy at national and European level.
Critical Perspectives
In some areas, the members of the group are scientifically very well renowned. The members of the Coimbra Group are tax- financed for the most part in the nation-states.
In contrast to the self-definition of the Coimbra Group is committed as a lobby group to represent their common interests. This is about influence on government policies such as the distribution of promotion subsidies, which may go at the expense of non-participating universities.
The Coimbra Group represents an aligned on economic efficiency rate and supports the Bologna Process. Some of the member universities do not belong according to the usual rankings rather the leading universities in their country.
It is believed universities are, for example, become a member of Coimbra due to the weighting of national interests. There are several well -known universities of Europe is not a member of the Coimbra Group, particularly other prestigious institutions such as the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge but very comfortable.
Members
Belgium
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Université catholique de Louvain
Denmark Denmark
- University of Aarhus
Germany Germany
- Georg -August- University of Göttingen
- Ruprecht -Karls- University of Heidelberg
- Friedrich -Schiller- University Jena
- Julius -Maximilians -Universität Würzburg
Estonia Estonia
- University of Tartu
Finland Finland
- Åbo Akademi University, Turku
- University of Turku
France France
- University of Lyon University of Lyon I Claude Bernard
- University of Lyon II Lumiere
- University of Lyon III
Greece Greece
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Ireland Ireland
- Trinity College ( Dublin)
- National University of Ireland, Galway
Italy Italy
- University of Bologna
- University of Padua
- University of Pavia
- University of Siena
Netherlands The Netherlands
- University of Groningen
- Leiden University
Norway Norway
- University of Bergen
Austria Austria
- Karl- Franzens- University of Graz
Poland Poland
- Jagiellonian University in Krakow
- University of Coimbra
Romania Romania
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
Sweden Sweden
- University of Uppsala
Switzerland Switzerland
- University of Geneva
Spain
- University of Barcelona
- University of Granada
- University of Salamanca
Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Charles University in Prague
Hungary Hungary
- Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Oxford