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{{Short description|Association of universities across Europe}}
{{For|the 17th-century group of Jesuits|Conimbricenses}}
{{For|the Geological Group|Coimbra Group (Geology)}}

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|leader_name2 = Ludovic Thilly<br />[[University of Poitiers]]
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The '''Coimbra Group''' ('''CG''') is an international association of 42 universities in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coimbra Group extends membership to three more distinguished European universities {{!}} Coimbra |url=https://www.coimbra-group.eu/coimbra-group-extends-membership-to-three-more-distinguished-european-universities/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=www.coimbra-group.eu}}</ref> It was established in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coimbra-group.eu/|title=Coimbra Group Universities|website=www.coimbra-group.eu|language=en|access-date=2018-07-22}}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.coimbra-group.eu/home/mission-statement|title=Mission statement|publisher=Coimbra Group|accessdate=1 March 2017}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Coimbra-Library1.jpg|alt=|thumb|200x200px|The group takes its name from the city of [[Coimbra]], [[Portugal]] and the [[University of Coimbra|university located there]].]]
The Coimbra Group was founded in 1985 and formally constituted in 1987 by a charter signed between its members, then numbering 19.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2015/CG%20Foundation%20Charter.pdf|title=Foundation Charter|publisher=Coimbra Group|accessdate=1 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223135532/http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2015/CG%20Foundation%20Charter.pdf|archive-date=23 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1994 it published ''Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzUrAQAAIAAJ|title=Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group|date=1994|author1=Jos. M. M. Hermans|author2=Marc Nelissen|publisher=Coimbra Group|isbn=9789036704359}}</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>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QE-P0ffkTUoC&pg=PA8|title=Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group|date=2005|author1=Jos. M. M. Hermans|author2=Marc Nelissen|publisher=Leuven University Press|page=8|isbn=9789058674746}}</ref>

In 2013 the group consisted of 40 universities,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuiginternational.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/nui-galway-hosts-coimbra-group-annual-conference-2013/|title=NUI Galway hosts Coimbra Group Annual Conference, 2013 |publisher=[[NUI Galway]]|accessdate=1 March 2017|date=20 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Members|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502062025/http://www.coimbra-group.eu/index.php?page=members|url=http://www.coimbra-group.eu/index.php?page=members|archive-date=2 May 2013|publisher=Coimbra Group|accessdate=1 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2014/CG%20Member%20Universities%202014.pdf|title=CG Member Universities|date=October 2014|publisher=Coimbra Group|access-date=2014-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051423/http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2014/CG%20Member%20Universities%202014.pdf|archive-date=2014-04-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since then, the Group has added [[Vilnius University]] (Lithuania) in June 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coimbra-group.eu/news/25/134/The-CG-welcomes-Vilnius-University/d,News|title=The CG welcomes Vilnius University|date=30 June 2015|access-date=2 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302114315/http://www.coimbra-group.eu/news/25/134/The-CG-welcomes-Vilnius-University/d,News|archive-date=2 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Durham University]] (UK) in June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=28309|title=Durham forges new links with European universities|date=13 June 2016|publisher=Durham University}}</ref> This brought the membership of the group to 39,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2016/Coimbra%2520Group%2520at%2520a%2520glance%2520-%2520June2016.pdf|title=Coimbra Group at a glance|date=June 2016|publisher=Coimbra Group|access-date=2017-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013142936/http://coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2016/Coimbra%20Group%20at%20a%20glance%20-%20June2016.pdf|archive-date=2016-10-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> but it subsequently fell to 38 in October 2016, when the [[University of Lyon]] (France) decided to leave the Group.<ref name=MembersOct2016>{{cite web |url=http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2016/CG%20Member%20universities%202016_Oct.pdf |title=CG Member Universities |date=October 2016 |website=Coimbra Group |accessdate=1 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302114318/http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2016/CG%20Member%20universities%202016_Oct.pdf |archive-date=2 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</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>{{Cite web|title=Utrecht University now officially a full member of the Coimbra Group {{!}} Coimbra|url=https://www.coimbra-group.eu/utrecht-university-now-officially-a-full-member-of-the-coimbra-group/|access-date=2021-07-17|website=www.coimbra-group.eu}}</ref>
The [[University of Göttingen]] withdrew from the group in December 2024. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coimbra-group.eu/coimbra-group-announces-withdrawal-of-the-university-of-gottingens-membership/|title=Coimbra Group announces withdrawal of the University of Göttingen's membership|date=February 2024|publisher=Coimbra Group|access-date=23 June 2025}}</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>{{cite web|url=https://www.coimbra-group.eu/coimbra-group-extends-membership-to-three-more-distinguished-european-universities/|title=Coimbra Group extends membership to three more distinguished European universities|date=17 June 2025|publisher=Coimbra Group|access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref>

==Members==
{{As of|June 2025|post=,}} the Coimbra Group includes 42 universities in 22 countries:<ref name=Members>{{cite web |url=https://www.coimbra-group.eu/mission-statement/list-of-members/ |title=List of Members |website=Coimbra Group |accessdate=23 June 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Institution
!Country
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|data-sort-value="Graz, University of"|[[University of Graz]]
|{{flag|Austria}}
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|[[KU Leuven|Katholieke Universiteit Leuven]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
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|[[Université catholique de Louvain]]
|{{flag|Belgium}}
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|[[Charles University]], [[Prague]]
|{{flag|Czechia}}
|-
|[[Aarhus University]]
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|-
|data-sort-value="Tartu, University of"|[[University of Tartu]]
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|-
|[[Åbo Akademi University]], [[Turku]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
|-
|data-sort-value="Turku, University of"|[[University of Turku]]
|{{flag|Finland}}
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|data-sort-value="Montpellier, University of"|[[University of Montpellier]]
|{{flag|France}}
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|[[Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3]]
|{{flag|France}}
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|data-sort-value="Poitiers, University of"|[[University of Poitiers]]
|{{flag|France}}
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|[[Heidelberg University]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
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|data-sort-value="Jena, University of"|[[University of Jena]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
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|data-sort-value="Cologne, University of"|[[University of Cologne]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
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|data-sort-value="Würzburg, University of"|[[University of Würzburg]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
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|[[Eötvös Loránd University]], [[Budapest]]
|{{flag|Hungary}}
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|data-sort-value="Galway, University of"|[[University of Galway]]
|{{flag|Ireland}}
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|data-sort-value="Dublin, University of"|[[Trinity College Dublin]]
|{{flag|Ireland}}
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|data-sort-value="Bologna, University of"|[[University of Bologna]]
|{{flag|Italy}}
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|data-sort-value="Padua, University of"|[[University of Padua]]
|{{flag|Italy}}
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|data-sort-value="Pavia, University of"|[[University of Pavia]]
|{{flag|Italy}}
|-
|data-sort-value="Siena, University of"|[[University of Siena]]
|{{flag|Italy}}
|-
|[[Vilnius University]]
|{{flag|Lithuania}}
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|data-sort-value="Groningen, University of"|[[University of Groningen]]
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
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|[[Leiden University]]
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
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|[[Utrecht University]]
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
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|data-sort-value="Bergen, University of"|[[University of Bergen]]
|{{flag|Norway}}
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|[[Jagiellonian University]], [[Kraków]]
|{{flag|Poland}}
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|[[University of Wrocław]]
|{{flag|Poland}}
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|data-sort-value="Coimbra, University of"|[[University of Coimbra]]
|{{flag|Portugal}}
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|[[Alexandru Ioan Cuza University]], [[Iași]]
|{{flag|Romania}}
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|data-sort-value="Barcelona, University of"|[[University of Barcelona]]
|{{flag|Spain}}
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|data-sort-value="Granada, University of"|[[University of Granada]]
|{{flag|Spain}}
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|data-sort-value="Salamanca, University of"|[[University of Salamanca]]
|{{flag|Spain}}
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|[[Uppsala University]]
|{{flag|Sweden}}
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|data-sort-value="Geneva, University of"|[[University of Geneva]]
|{{flag|Switzerland}}
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|[[Istanbul University]]
|{{flag|Turkey}}
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|[[Durham University]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
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|data-sort-value="Bristol, University of"|[[University of Bristol]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
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|data-sort-value="Edinburgh, University of"|[[University of Edinburgh]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
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|data-sort-value="Leeds, University of"|[[University of Leeds]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
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|data-sort-value="Newcastle University"|[[Newcastle University]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|-
|}

===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)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.coimbra-group.eu}}

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