Association of American Universities

Formation 1900
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Location United States Canada
Membership 63
President Robert M. Berdahl

The Association of American Universities (AAU) is an organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. It consists of 63 universities in the United States (both public and private) and two universities in Canada.

Admission

AAU membership is by invitation only, which requires an affirmative vote of three-fourths of current members. Invitations are considered periodically, based in part on an assessment of the breadth and quality of university programs of research and graduate education, as well as undergraduate education. Founding members are bolded, and year of admission is shown in parentheses.

Public (35)

University of Arizona (1985)
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (1989)
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)
Georgia Institute of Technology (2010)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1908)
Indiana University Bloomington (1909)
University of Iowa (1909)
Iowa State University (1958)
University of Kansas (1909)
University of Maryland, College Park (1969)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1900)
Michigan State University (1964)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (1908)
University of Missouri (1908)
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1909)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (1989)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1922)
The Ohio State University (1916)
University of Oregon (1969)
Pennsylvania State University (1958)
University of Pittsburgh (1974)
Purdue University (1958)
Stony Brook University (2001)
University of Texas at Austin (1929)
Texas A&M University (2001)
University of Virginia (1904)
University of Washington (1950)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (1900)

Private (26)

Brandeis University (1985)
Brown University (1933)
California Institute of Technology (1934)
Carnegie Mellon University (1982)
Case Western Reserve University (1969)
University of Chicago (1900)
Columbia University (1900)
Cornell University (1900)
Duke University (1938)
Emory University (1995)
Harvard University (1900)
Johns Hopkins University (1900)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1934)
New York University (1950)
Northwestern University (1917)
University of Pennsylvania (1900)
Princeton University (1900)
Rice University (1985)
University of Rochester (1941)
University of Southern California (1969)
Stanford University (1900)
Syracuse University (1966)
Tulane University (1958)
Vanderbilt University (1950)
Washington University in St. Louis (1923)
Yale University (1900)

Canadian (2)

McGill University (1926)
University of Toronto (1926)

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