International Alliance of Research Universities

The International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) was launched on 14 January 2006 as a co-operative network of 10 leading, international research-intensive universities who share similar visions for higher education, in particular the education of future leaders. The IARU Chair is elected from among the IARU Presidents for a period of 2 years. Past IARU Chairpersons: At the launch the presidents elected Professor Ian Chubb, 2005 - 2008 (Australian National University); Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, 2009 - 2012 (National University of Singapore); Professor Ralph Eichler, 2013 - 2014 (ETH Zurich); Professor Ralf Hemmingsen, 2015 - 2016 (University of Copenhagen); Professor Nicholas Dirks, 2017 (University of California, Berkeley); Chancellor Carol Christ, 2017 - 2018 (University of California, Berkeley); President Makoto Gonokami, 2018 - 2020 (University of Tokyo); Vice-Chancellor Stephen Toope, 2021-2022 (University of Cambridge); Vice-Chancellor Anthony Freeling (2022-2023). The current chairperson of IARU is Professor Daya Reddy, the Interim Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town.

In January 2016, the University of Cape Town joined as the 11th member.

Its Presidents meet annually at a host university venue to discuss joint initiatives under the following categories:
 * Global education initiatives, which includes the flagship Global Summer Program ;
 * Institutional joint networking;
 * Grand Challenge, and most notably its Campus Sustainability; and,
 * Research initiatives.

List of institutions

 * 🇦🇺 Australian National University
 * 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich
 * 🇸🇬 National University of Singapore
 * Peking University
 * 🇺🇸 University of California, Berkeley
 * 🇬🇧 University of Cambridge
 * 🇿🇦 University of Cape Town
 * 🇩🇰 University of Copenhagen
 * 🇬🇧 University of Oxford
 * 🇯🇵 University of Tokyo
 * 🇺🇸 Yale University