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Universitas 21

Formation	1997
Type	Education and research
Headquarters	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Region served	Global
Provost	Bairbre Redmond
Website	U21 Universitas21

Universitas 21 (U21) is an international network of research-intensive universities. Founded in Melbourne, Australia in 1997 with 11 members, it has grown to include twenty-seven member universities in nineteen different countries and territories.

The universities collaborate on student mobility, student employability, researcher engagement and educational innovation. It offers various student competitions including the Three Minute Thesis (3MT), the U21/PwC Innovation Challenge and the RISE (Real Impact on Society and Environment) Showcase.

Since 2012, Universitas 21 has commissioned the "U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems". Produced by researchers at the University of Melbourne, this ranking aims to show which countries create a "strong environment" that allows universities to contribute to growth, provide a high-quality student experience and help institutions compete globally. It evaluates the standing of national higher education systems by providing rankings in four broad areas: resources, environment, connectivity and output. The rankings are then combined to provide an overall ranking. The ranking is then adjusted by GDP per capita, which allows countries to be compared to others at a similar stage of economic development.

Universitas 21 has Consultative Status with the Economic & Social Affairs Council (ECOSOC).

Members

Institution	Country
University of Melbourne	Australia
University of New South Wales	Australia
University of Queensland	Australia
KU Leuven	Belgium
McMaster University	Canada
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China
Fudan University	China
University of Hong Kong	China
University of Delhi	India
University College Dublin	Ireland
Waseda University	Japan
Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico
University of Amsterdam	Netherlands
University of Auckland	New Zealand
National University of Singapore	Singapore
University of Johannesburg	South Africa
Korea University	South Korea
Lund University	Sweden
University of Zurich	Switzerland
University of Birmingham	United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom
University of Glasgow	United Kingdom
University of Nottingham	United Kingdom
University of California, Davis	United States
University of Connecticut	United States
University of Maryland, College Park	United States

U21Global

U21Global was a for-profit university formed in June 2001 in Singapore as a joint venture between Universitas 21 and Thomson Learning (which later became Cengage Learning).

In late 2007, Cengage Learning sold its entire 50% in U21Global share to Mauritius-based Manipal Universal Learning International for an undisclosed sum. In 2010, the Universitas 21 shareholding was diluted to 25 per cent, with only 10 universities continuing to hold equity. The university now trades as GlobalNxt University and has no remaining connection with Universitas 21.

See also

• List of higher education associations and alliances

Notes

1. "About Universitas 21". www.universitas21.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
2. "Universitas 21 | Global Maryland, University of Maryland". globalmaryland.umd.edu. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
3. "Universitas 21 | UNSW Current Students". student.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
4. "Universitas 21 : Melbourne Global Mobility : The University of Melbourne". www.mobility.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
5. "Member List". www.universitas21.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
6. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/419906.article
7. Williams et al. (2013), p.600.
8. "U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems 2020| Universitas 21". universitas21.com. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
9. "UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC and SOCIAL COUNCIL". www.un.org. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
10. Staff Writer (14 November 2007). "Manipal group buys 50% in online varsity". livemint. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
11. Trounson, Andrew (27 January 2010). "Manipal to Control U21Global". The Australian. Retrieved 18 September 2013.

References

• Williams, Ross; de Rassenfosse, Gaetan; Jensen, Paul; Marginson, Simon (2013). "The determinants of quality national higher education systems". Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 35 (6): 599–611. doi:10.1080/1360080X.2013.854288. S2CID 154694851.

External links

• Official website

• International college and university associations and consortia