Innovative Research Universities Australia
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Established	2003
Members	7
Continent	Australia
Country	Australia
Chair	Professor Sandra Harding, James Cook University
Director	Lenore Cooper
Other Names	IRUA

Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia) is a group of seven Australian research-intensive universities.

The IRU Australia contains most Australian universities founded from 1960 to 1975. This period saw a huge increase in the number of students attending university, and many new campuses (most as new universities) were built to serve them.

The universities in the IRU Australia also share many characteristics with members of the 1994 Group in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Members

Member Universities
University	Location	Founded	Homepage
Flinders University	Adelaide, SA	1966	Website
Griffith University	Brisbane, Gold Coast, QLD	1971	Website
James Cook University	Townsville, Cairns, QLD	1970	Website
La Trobe University	Melbourne, Vic	1967	Website
Murdoch University	Perth, WA	1973	Website
The University of Newcastle	Newcastle, NSW	1965	Website

• Former member : Macquarie University, quit IRUA June, 2008.

[edit] See also

• Universities in Australia
• Universities Australia
• Australian Technology Network
• Group of Eight

[edit] External links

• IRU Australia website