# 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 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. 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. 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. The League is expanding to attract more and more outstanding BRICS universities to participate in its activities. The BRICS Universities League has performed as a strategic pillar for the BRICS cooperation.

## Current members
### Brazil

| University | 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 | Location | Year Founded | Note |
| Beijing Normal University | Beijing | 1902 | Project 985, Project 211, Double First Class University |
| Fudan University | Shanghai | 1905 | C9 League, 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 | C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, Double First Class University |

### India

| University | 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 | 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 | 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 |