The Coimbra Group (CG) is a network of 38 European universities, some among the oldest and most prestigious in Europe. It was founded in 1985 and formally constituted by charter in 1987.

The group took its name from the city of Coimbra, Portugal, and its university, one of the oldest in Europe.

Mission

The Coimbra Group is:

...an association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities of high international standard committed to creating special academic and cultural ties in order to promote, for the benefit of its members, internationalization, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society. It is also the purpose of the Group to influence European educational policy and to develop best practice through the mutual exchange of experience.

—Coimbra Group