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BRICS Universities League
Formation	June 6, 2013; 11 years ago
Founded at	Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Type	Education and Research
Headquarters	Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Location	Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa;
Membership	60 Universities from BRICS
Website	nu-brics.ru

BRICS Universities League is a consortium of leading research universities from BRICS countries including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Initiated at Fudan University, Shanghai on July 6, 2013, the League aims to become a platform for academic and expert cooperation, comparative research, and international educational projects.^[1] In October 2015, around 40 outstanding universities from the five BRICS countries gathered in Beijing Normal University, Beijing to hold the BRICS Universities Presidents Forum. After this Forum, the participating universities declared the Beijing Consensus, and they decided to establish the BRICS Universities League.^[2] The League Secretariat is located in Beijing Normal University, with the BNU as a leading university in terms of BRICS higher education and academic cooperation.^[3] The League is expanding to attract more and more outstanding BRICS universities to participate in its activities.^[4]^[5]^[6] The BRICS Universities League has performed as a strategic pillar for the BRICS cooperation.

Current members

Brazil

University^[7]^[8]	Location	Year Founded
Federal University of Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte	1927
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	1920
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre	1934
Federal University of Santa Catarina	Santa Catarina	1960
Federal University of Viçosa	Viçosa	1922
Fluminense Federal University	Niterói	1960
National Institute of Amazonian Research	Manaus	1952
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	1940
University of Campinas	São Paulo	1964

China

University^[7]^[9]^[4]	Location	Year Founded	Note
Beijing Normal University	Beijing	1902	Project 985, Project 211, Double First Class University
Fudan University	Shanghai	1905	Project 985, Project 211, Double First Class University
Harbin Engineering University	Harbin, Heilongjiang	1953	Project 211, Double First Class University
Hohai University	Nanjing, Jiangsu	1915	Project 211, Double First Class University
Huazhong University of Science and Technology	Wuhan, Hubei	1952	Project 985, Project 211, Double First Class University
Hunan University	Changsha, Hunan	1903	Project 985, Project 211, Double First Class University
Jiangsu Normal University	Xuzhou, Jiangsu	1952	Provincial Public University
Jilin University	Changchun, Jilin	1946	Project 985, Project 211, Double First Class University
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power	Zhengzhou, Henan	1951	Provincial Public University
Northeast Forestry University	Harbin, Heilongjiang	1952	Project 211, Double First Class University
Sichuan University	Chengdu, Sichuan	1896	Project 985, Project 211, Double First Class University
Southwest University	Chongqing	1906	Project 211, Double First Class University
Yanshan University	Qinhuangdao, Hebei	1920	Provincial Public University
Yunnan University	Kunming, Yunnan	1922	Project 211, Double First Class University
Zhejiang University	Hangzhou, Zhejiang	1897	Project 985, Project 211, Double First Class University

India

University^[7]^[10]	Location	Year Founded
Banaras Hindu University	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh	1916
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai, Maharashtra	1958
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh	1959
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur, West Bengal	1951
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research	Mumbai, Maharashtra	1987
Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	1920
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	Durgapur, West Bengal	1960
National Institute of Technology Warangal	Warangal, Telangana	1959
Tata Institute of Social Sciences	Mumbai, Maharashtra	1936
TERI University	New Delhi	1998
University of Delhi	New Delhi	1922
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology	Nagpur, Maharashtra	1960

Russia

University^[7]^[11]	Location	Year Founded
Higher School of Economics	Moscow	1992
Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University	Saint Petersburg	1900
Moscow State Institute of International Relations	Moscow	1944
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Moscow	1946
National University of Science and Technology	Moscow	1918
Moscow Power Engineering Institute	Moscow	1930
Moscow State University	Moscow	1755
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia	Moscow	1960
Saint Petersburg State University	Saint Petersburg	1724
Tomsk Polytechnic University	Tomsk	1896
Tomsk State University	Tomsk	1878
Ural Federal University	Yekaterinburg	1920

South Africa

University^[7]^[12]	Location	Year Founded
Central University of Technology	Bloemfontein	1981
Durban University of Technology	KwaZulu-Natal	2002
North West University	Potchefstroom, Mahikeng and Vanderbijlpark	2004
Rhodes University	Makhanda, Eastern Cape Province	1904
Stellenbosch University	Stellenbosch, Western Cape	1918
Tshwane University of Technology	Pretoria, Mbombela, Polokwane, Ga-Rankuwa, Soshanguve, Witbank (eMalahleni)	2004
University of Cape Town	Cape Town, Western Cape	1829
University of Johannesburg	Johannesburg	2005
University of Limpopo	Limpopo Province	2005
University of Pretoria	Pretoria	1908
University of Venda	Thohoyandou, Limpopo province	1982
University of Witwatersrand	Johannesburg	1922