• Group of Eight (Go8) are consistently the highest ranked Universities of Australia and comprises Australia’s leading research-intensive universities – the University of Melbourne, the Australian National University, the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland, the University of Western Australia, the University of Adelaide, Monash University and UNSW Sydney.
  Seven of the Go8’s members are in the world’s top 100 universities and all Go8 members are ranked in the world’s top 150 universities; in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), the Times Higher Education Rankings (THES) and the QS World University Rankings (QS).
• Eduglobe Consultants takes pride in placing most of it’s Australian students in the Go8 Universities in various courses like MBA, Master in Project Management, etc.

Link to Group of Eight Universities – Detailed insight

1. University of Melbourne
2. Australian National University
3. Monash University
4. University of Queensland
5. University of Sydney
6. University of New South Wales (UNSW)
7. University of Western Australia
8. University of Adelaide

• Go8 Australia Vs Ivy League USA:
  • Like the Ivy League Colleges in the US, the Group of Eight Universities each boast a prestigious status. However, Go8 are not small elite universities like the US Ivy League, but instead massive universities open to all comers with relatively low entry standards. For Australian domestic students the fees are mostly deferred.
  • There is some scepticism that the Ivy League Colleges only accept students with a high social status and who have grown up in a prestigious setting. The Group of Eight, however, have said that one in five of their commencing undergraduates are from a low educational and socioeconomic status, and/ or are from regional or remote locations.
  • Although each of the universities still have set entry requirements, their acceptance rate has proved to be a lot higher than the very low acceptance rate of Ivy League Colleges. For instance: In 2016, the acceptance rate was estimated at 57% for the University of Melbourne, but the University of Adelaide had a complete acceptance rate of 100%. The other Group of Eight Universities’ acceptance rates were estimated between 80%-90%. In 2016, Monash University had 40,000 undergraduate enrolments, which was the highest of all the Group of Eight Universities.
  • Most of the Go8 Universities are in Sydney & Melbourne which was ranked by Times Higher Education as two of the best cities for students in 2018. Obviously, choosing a university is not all about the setting, but wouldn’t it be nice to have the option to read your university books outside in the sun, beside the sea, and take study breaks on the beach? With the Group of Eight Universities, you can relish the Australian lifestyle whilst receiving a world-class education.