International Alliance of Research Universities facts for kids

The International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) was launched on 14 January 2006 as a co-operative network of 10 leading, international research-intensive universities who share similar visions for higher education, in particular the education of future leaders. The IARU Chair is elected from among the IARU Presidents for a period of 2 years.

In January 2016, the University of Cape Town joined as the 11th member.

Its Presidents meet annually at a host university venue to discuss joint initiatives under the following categories:

• Global education initiatives, which includes the flagship Global Summer Program;
• Institutional joint networking;
• Grand Challenge, and most notably its Campus Sustainability; and,
• Research initiatives.

List of institutions

• Australian National University
• ETH Zurich
• National University of Singapore
• Peking University
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Cambridge
• University of Cape Town
• University of Copenhagen
• University of Oxford
• University of Tokyo
• Yale University

See also

In Spanish: International Alliance of Research Universities para niños