The Group of Eight (Go8) is a coalition of Australiaâs leading research universities, which includes the Australian National University, Monash University, The University of Adelaide, The University of Melbourne, The University of New South Wales, The University of Queensland, The University of Sydney and The University of Western Australia. Go8 universities invest in world class research in order to drive discovery and innovation and to deliver world class education. Various international rankings consistently rate our universities as the top institutions in Australia. Go8 universities are the most research intensive of all Australian universities and attract the highest performing Australian and International students, as well as the highest levels of industry and government grant funding for research. Go8 universities have nurtured every Nobel Prize winner educated in Australia, and their alumni take up senior positions in business and government everywhere in the world.
