Coimbra Group - the oldest in Europe

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Today once again I will present one of the more prestigious groups - Group of Coimbra. The Coimbra Group (CG) is a network of 40 European universities, some among the oldest and most prestigious in Europe. It was founded in 1985 and formally constituted by charter in 1987. Name of the organization comes from one of the oldest in Europe, the University of Coimbra (Portugal), who was in 1985 celebrated 700 anniversary of its founding.



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"...an association of long-established European comprehensive, multidisciplinary universities of high international standard committed to creating special academic and cultural ties in order to promote, for the benefit of its members, internationalization, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society. It is also the purpose of the Group to influence European education and research policy and to develop best practice through the mutual exchange of experience."
- Coimbra Group

Coimbra University which gave the name of the organization

The purpose of this organization is to strengthen ties between Europe's oldest universities, which offer high standards of teaching. Its members have to take care of the development of academic cooperation, and through the mutual exchange of experience continually improve the quality of its research and teaching level, and thus to serve the public. Also sets itself the task of influencing the European policy in education.