Coimbra Group Explained
The Coimbra Group (CG) is an international association of 40 universities in Europe. It was established in 1985.[2] It works for the benefit of its members by promoting "internationalization, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society" through "creating special academic and cultural ties", by lobbying at the European level, and by developing best-practice.[3]
History
The Coimbra Group was founded in 1985 and formally constituted in 1987 by a charter signed between its members, then numbering 19.[4] In 1994 it published Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group.[5] A second edition was published in 2005, by which time Caen had left the group while Bergen, Geneva, Graz, Lyon, Padua, Tartu and Turku had joined.[6]
In 2013 the group consisted of 40 universities,[7] [8] but by the following year this had fallen to 37 with the departures of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), the University of Cambridge (UK) and the University of Oxford (UK).[9] Since then, the Group has added Vilnius University (Lithuania) in June 2015[10] and Durham University (UK) in June 2016.[11] This brought the membership of the group to 39,[12] but it subsequently fell to 38 in October 2016, when the University of Lyon (France) decided to leave the Group.[13] At the General Assembly in June 2017, the University of Cologne was invited to join as the 39th member, while Utrecht University joined the group in December 2020.[14]
Members
the Coimbra Group includes 40 universities in 22 countries:[15]
| Institution | Country |
|---|
| data-sort-value="Graz, University of" | University of Graz |  Austria |
| Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |  Belgium |
| Université catholique de Louvain | Belgium |
| Charles University, Prague | |
| Aarhus University |  Denmark |
| data-sort-value="Tartu, University of" | University of Tartu |  Estonia |
| Åbo Akademi University, Turku |  Finland |
| data-sort-value="Turku, University of" | University of Turku | Finland |
| data-sort-value="Montpellier, University of" | University of Montpellier |  France |
| Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3 | France |
| data-sort-value="Poitiers, University of" | University of Poitiers | France |
| data-sort-value="Göttingen, University of" | University of Göttingen |  Germany |
| Heidelberg University | Germany |
| data-sort-value="Jena, University of" | University of Jena | Germany |
| data-sort-value="Cologne, University of" | University of Cologne | Germany |
| data-sort-value="Würzburg, University of" | University of Würzburg | Germany |
| Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest |  Hungary |
| data-sort-value="Galway, University of" | University of Galway |  Ireland |
| data-sort-value="Dublin, University of" | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland |
| data-sort-value="Bologna, University of" | University of Bologna |  Italy |
| data-sort-value="Padua, University of" | University of Padua | Italy |
| data-sort-value="Pavia, University of" | University of Pavia | Italy |
| data-sort-value="Siena, University of" | University of Siena | Italy |
| Vilnius University |  Lithuania |
| data-sort-value="Groningen, University of" | University of Groningen |  Netherlands |
| Leiden University | Netherlands |
| Utrecht University | Netherlands |
| data-sort-value="Bergen, University of" | University of Bergen |  Norway |
| Jagiellonian University, Kraków |  Poland |
| data-sort-value="Coimbra, University of" | University of Coimbra |  Portugal |
| Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași |  Romania |
| data-sort-value="Barcelona, University of" | University of Barcelona |  Spain |
| data-sort-value="Granada, University of" | University of Granada | Spain |
| data-sort-value="Salamanca, University of" | University of Salamanca | Spain |
| Uppsala University |  Sweden |
| data-sort-value="Geneva, University of" | University of Geneva |  Switzerland |
| Istanbul University |  Turkey |
| Durham University |  United Kingdom |
| data-sort-value="Bristol, University of" | University of Bristol | United Kingdom |
| data-sort-value="Edinburgh, University of" | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | |
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: New Office Director of the Coimbra Group Coimbra. www.coimbra-group.eu.
- Web site: Coimbra Group Universities. www.coimbra-group.eu. en. 2018-07-22.
- Web site: Mission statement. Coimbra Group. 1 March 2017.
- Web site: Foundation Charter. Coimbra Group. 1 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170223135532/http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2015/CG%20Foundation%20Charter.pdf. 23 February 2017. dead.
- Book: Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group. 1994. Jos. M. M. Hermans. Marc Nelissen. Coimbra Group. 9789036704359.
- Book: Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group. 2005. Jos. M. M. Hermans. Marc Nelissen. Leuven University Press. 8. 9789058674746.
- Web site: NUI Galway hosts Coimbra Group Annual Conference, 2013 . NUI Galway. 1 March 2017. 20 May 2013.
- Web site: Members. https://web.archive.org/web/20130502062025/http://www.coimbra-group.eu/index.php?page=members. 2 May 2013. Coimbra Group. 1 March 2017. dead.
- Web site: CG Member Universities. October 2014. Coimbra Group. 2014-04-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051423/http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2014/CG%20Member%20Universities%202014.pdf. 2014-04-21. dead.
- Web site: The CG welcomes Vilnius University. 30 June 2015. 2 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170302114315/http://www.coimbra-group.eu/news/25/134/The-CG-welcomes-Vilnius-University/d,News. 2 March 2017. dead.
- Web site: Durham forges new links with European universities. 13 June 2016. Durham University.
- Web site: Coimbra Group at a glance. June 2016. Coimbra Group. 2017-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20161013142936/http://coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2016/Coimbra%20Group%20at%20a%20glance%20-%20June2016.pdf. 2016-10-13. dead.
- Web site: CG Member Universities . October 2016 . Coimbra Group . 1 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170302114318/http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2016/CG%20Member%20universities%202016_Oct.pdf . 2 March 2017 . dead .
- Web site: Utrecht University now officially a full member of the Coimbra Group Coimbra. 2021-07-17. www.coimbra-group.eu.
- Web site: Member Universities of the Coimbra Group . Coimbra Group . 24 July 2023.
