Russell Group

The Russell Group is an organisation of 19 British universities. All are research-intensive and are often seen as the elite institutions. The group was first convened at the Hotel Russell in London in 1994, and is made up of the heads of the institutions listed below. Along with this core group, there are a number of sub-groups.

The Russell Group aims to further the interests of those universities where both teaching and learning is undertaken within a culture of research excellence. It also seeks to find new ways of organising and managing such institutions to improve their research activities.

Membership of the Russell Group is as follows:

• University of Birmingham
• University of Bristol
• University of Cambridge
• Cardiff University
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
• King's College, London
• University of Leeds
• University of Liverpool
• London School of Economics and Political Science
• University of Manchester
• University of Newcastle-Upon Tyne
• University of Nottingham
• University of Oxford
• University of Sheffield
• University of Southampton
• University of Warwick
• University College, London