RU11

RU11 (Research University 11, 学術研究懇談会) is a consortium consisting of eleven top research universities in Japan. Established in November 2009, this consortium is actively committed in the international academic community. RU11 is made up of 9 national and 2 private universities.

Missions
Briefly, their two missions are as follows:
 * Discuss measures for enhancement in order to strengthen research universities.
 * Improve cooperation between the research universities and pooling of information.