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 59 universities in the United States (both public and private) and two universities in Canada.
The AAU was founded in 1900 by a group of fourteen Ph.D.-granting universities in the United States to strengthen and standardize American doctoral programs. Today, t...
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Date founded:
- 1900
Founders:
- Columbia University ,
- Cornell University ,
- Harvard University ,
- Johns Hopkins University ,
- Princeton University ,
- Stanford University ,
- University of California, Berkeley ,
- University of Chicago ,
- University of Michigan ,
- University of Pennsylvania
Also known as:
- AAU
