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The Association of American Universities (AAU) is an organization of elite research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. It consists of sixty U.S. universities (both public and private), and two universities in Canada.AAU was founded in 1900 by a group of fourteen Ph.D.-granting universities in the U.S. to strengthen and standardize U.S. doctoral programs. Today, the primary purpose of the AAU is to provide a forum for the development and implementation of institutional and national policies promoting strong programs in academic research and scholarship and undergraduate, graduate, and professional education.
1 Members and their years of admission
1.1 State universities
- The University of Arizona (1985)
- University of California, Berkeley (1900)
- University of California, Davis (1996)
- University of California, Irvine (1996)
- University of California, Los Angeles (1974)
- University of California, San Diego (1982)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (1995)
- University of Colorado at Boulder (1966)
- University of Florida (1985)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1908)
- Indiana University (1909)
- University of IowaThe University of Iowa is a university in Iowa City, Iowa. The university was founded in 1847 as the State University of Iowa only 59 days after Iowa became a state. In spite of its original name, it is not to be confused with Iowa State University. In 18 (1909)
- Iowa State UniversityIowa State University ISU is an American public land-grant university located in the west side of Ames, Iowa. The full official name is Iowa State University of Science and Technology . It was previously Iowa State College a school created through the Mor (1958)
- University of KansasThe University of Kansas (often referred to as KU is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. The University was founded in 1864. It had a fall 2003 enrollment of 29,272. The University's School of Medicine is located in Kansas City, (1909)
- University of Maryland at College ParkThe University of Maryland, College Park (also known as College Park, UMCP, UMD, or U Maryland) is a public coeducational university situated in suburban Maryland outside Washington, DC. It is the flagship university of the University System of Maryland. (1969)
- University of MichiganThe University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the oldest and main campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes branches University of Michigan-Dearborn and University of Michi (1900)
- Michigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a university in East Lansing, Michigan near the state capital of Lansing. Michigan State University is known for its programs in agriculture and veterinary medicine. The school's most famous alum may be former basketball super (1964)
- University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesThe University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system. It's student body is currently the second-largest in the United States according to the Associated Press, with 50,954 students (behind Ohio Stat (1908)
- University of Missouri - ColumbiaThe University of Missouri-Columbia (abbreviated UMC and nicknamed Mizzou is an institution of higher learning located in Columbia, Missouri and is the main campus in the University of Missouri system. Columbia is the flagship campus of the University of (1908)
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1909)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (1989)
- University at Buffalo ( State University of New York) (1989)
- Stony Brook University ( State University of New York) (2001)
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1922)
- The Ohio State University (1916)
- University of Oregon (1969)
- The Pennsylvania State University (1958)
- University of Pittsburgh (1974)
- Purdue University (1958)
- The University of Texas at Austin (1929)
- Texas A&M University (2001)
- University of Virginia (1904)
- University of Washington (1950)
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison (1900)
