Group of Eight (Australian universities)

Group of Eight

Formation	1999
Type	Nonprofit organisation
Headquarters	Canberra, ACT
Location	Australia
Membership	University of Adelaide Australian National University University of Melbourne Monash University UNSW Sydney University of Queensland University of Sydney University of Western Australia
Website	www.go8.edu.au

The Group of Eight (Go8 or G8) comprises Australia's most research intensive universities (in alphabetical order) - 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 and the University of Western Australia. It is often compared to the Russell Group of pioneering research universities in the United Kingdom.^[1]