Group of Eight Australian Universities (go8) | AustralianUniversities.com.au

The Group of Eight (go8) markets itself as the group of ‘Australia’s Leading Universities’. They support this claim by referring to statistics relating to variables such as research outputs, industry links, graduate outcomes, and the standing of their academic staff. The group of 8 member universities are:

The University of Adelaide
The Australian National University
The University of Melbourne
Monash University
The University of New South Wales
The University of Queensland
The University of Sydney
The University of Western Australia

Each of these member universities is well regarded in a number of different areas and together they form a powerful bloc. There have been discussions about some formal recognition of the status of this group in ways such as increased government support or from the group itself developing its own standards framework. Nothing has come of these discussions yet, although it is likely that something will emerge as the competition in the higher education sector becomes more intense. Click on the link to visit the Group of Eight (go8) website (opens in new window).

Other Australian university groupings are:

● Australian Technology Network (ATN)
● Innovative Research Universities (IRU)
● Regional Universities Network

There is also the disbanded university grouping:

● Australian New Generation Universities (NGU)

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