Coimbra Group
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Template:Infobox organization The Coimbra Group (CG) is an international association of 42 universities in Europe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was established in 1985.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
The Coimbra Group was founded in 1985 and formally constituted in 1987 by a charter signed between its members, then numbering 19.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1994 it published Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
In 2013 the group consisted of 40 universities,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Since then, the Group has added Vilnius University (Lithuania) in June 2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Durham University (UK) in June 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This brought the membership of the group to 39,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but it subsequently fell to 38 in October 2016, when the University of Lyon (France) decided to leave the Group.<ref name=MembersOct2016>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The University of Göttingen withdrew from the group in December 2024. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In June 2025, the University of Leeds, Newcastle University and the University of Wrocław joined, bringing the current number of members to 42.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Members
Template:As of the Coimbra Group includes 42 universities in 22 countries:<ref name=Members>Template:Cite web</ref>
Former
- University of Caen (France)
- University of Cambridge (UK)
- University of Lyon (France)
- University of Oxford (UK)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
- Saint Petersburg State University (Russia)
- University of Göttingen (Germany)
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