Coimbra Group

Coimbra Group
Coimbra Group
Data
Established 1985
Members 40
Continent Europe
Countries mostly EU countries
also Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Russia
Honorary President
2011-2012
Rector Giuseppe Zaccaria,
University of Padova, Italy

Executive Board Chair
Dorothy Kelly,
University of Granada, Spain
Office Director Inge Knudsen
Address Egmontstraat 11, rue d'Egmont
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Acronym CG
Homepage http://www.coimbra-group.eu

The Coimbra Group (CG) is a network of 40 European universities, some among the oldest and most prestigious in Europe. It was founded in 1985 and formally constituted by charter in 1987.

The group took its name from the city of Coimbra, Portugal, and its university, one of the oldest in Europe.

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Mission

The Coimbra Group is:

...an association of long-established European comprehensive, multidisciplinary universities of high international standard committed to creating special academic and cultural ties in order to promote, for the benefit of its members, internationalization, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society. It is also the purpose of the Group to influence European education and research policy and to develop best practice through the mutual exchange of experience.

Activities

The group took its name from the city of Coimbra, Portugal and the university located there.

In pursuit of its Mission the Coimbra Group aims to:

  • Facilitate all forms of interchange, especially academic, cultural, social and sporting, and knowledge transfer among its member universities, their students and staff, with a view to ensuring full advantage is taken of the added value brought about by network cooperation.
  • Promote the role of comprehensive multidisciplinary research universities in today’s changing global scene.
  • Promote the Group worldwide as a reference of academic excellence in Europe, with a view to attracting students to the member universities and to encouraging academic cooperation and interchange between the members and institutions from around the world.
  • Act as a driving force in the development of the European Higher Education and European Research Areas (EHEA and ERA) and promote the academic expertise of its members within these areas
  • Contribute to the debate on higher education in Europe and, where appropriate, influence European policy.
  • Act as an expert body, able to advise its members and other institutions (including the European Commission and its agencies) on matters relating to higher education.
  • Promote academic and cultural heritage in higher education for the XXIst century.
  • Promote the role of universities in service to society at different levels, especially their impact on local, regional and global development.
  • Promote the importance of research integrity in scientific practice.
  • Ensure that adequate attention is paid to and full advantage taken of gender diversity and that equal opportunities exist.

Members

 Austria

 Belgium

 Czech Republic

 Denmark

  • Aarhus University

 Estonia

 Finland

 France

 Germany

 Greece

 Hungary

 Ireland

 

 Italy


 Netherlands

 Norway

 Poland

 Portugal

 Russia

 Romania

 Spain

 Sweden

 Switzerland

 Turkey

 United Kingdom

See also

External links


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