Universitas 21
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Universitas 21 is an international network of research-intensive universities, established as an "international reference point and resource for strategic thinking on issues of global significance." Together, there are 500,000 students and 40,000 academians and researchers associated with these universities, which have over 2 million alumni.
Founded in 1997, Universitas 21 currently has 17 member universities in 10 different countries and territories. Collectively, its universities have 500,000 students, employ around 40,000 academics and researchers and have over 2 million alumni. Korea University in South Korea joined the network in 2005.
In 2001, Universitas 21, in a collaborative effort with Thomson Learning, formed an online university called Universitas 21 Global, with its headquarters in Singapore. The program is administered and quality-assured by Universitas 21 Pedagogica, chartered in Guernsey and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia (USA), near the historic grounds of the University of Virginia – a World Heritage Site as designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
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Universitas 21 universities
North America
- McGill University (Canada)
- University of British Columbia (Canada)
- University of Virginia (United States)
- University of California (United States)
Europe
- Lund University (Sweden)
- University of Birmingham (England)
- University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
- University of Glasgow (Scotland)
- University of Nottingham (England)
East Asia
- Fudan University (China)
- Korea University (South Korea)
- National University of Singapore (Singapore)
- Peking University (China)
- University of Hong Kong (China)
Australia & New Zealand
- University of Auckland (New Zealand)
- University of Queensland (Australia)
- University of Melbourne (Australia)
- University of New South Wales (Australia)
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