BRICS Universities League

BRICS Universities League is a consortium of leading research universities from BRICS countries including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Initiated in Shanghai on July 6, 2013, the League aims to become a platform for academic and expert cooperation, comparative research, and international educational projects.^[1]

Current Members

China

University	Location	Year Founded	Note
Fudan University	Shanghai	1905	Project 985 Project 211
East China Normal University	Shanghai	1951	Project 985 Project 211
Tsinghua University	Beijing	1911	Project 985 Project 211
Sichuan University	Chengdu, Sichuan	1896	Project 985 Project 211
Zhejiang Normal University	Jinhua, Zhejiang	1956

Russia

University	Location	Year Founded
Saint Petersburg State University	Saint Petersburg	1724
Far Eastern Federal University	Vladivostok	1899
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)	Moscow	1942
Moscow State Institute of International Relations	Moscow	1944
Higher School of Economics	Moscow	1992
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia	Moscow	1960

References

↑ BRICS League of Universities

BRICS

Membership	Brazil Russia India China South Africa

Summits	Yekaterinburg 2009 Brasília 2010 Sanya 2011 New Delhi 2012 Durban 2013 Fortaleza 2014 Ufa 2015 New Delhi 2016

Bilateral relations	Brazil–China Brazil–India Brazil–Russia Brazil–South Africa China–India China–Russia China–South Africa India–Russia India–South Africa Russia–South Africa

Leaders	Rousseff Putin Modi Xi Zuma

Related	New Development Bank BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement BRICS Leaders BRICS Cable BRICS Universities League

BRICS U-17 Football Cup	2016 New Delhi

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