Association of American Universities
Association of American Universities is abbreviated as AAU. The AAU is the nation’s premiere association of research universities both public and private. The membership is based on a set of metrics and may be even more importantly, existing members recognizing your achievements and voting you in. It comprises of 64 universities in the United States (both public as well as private) and two universities in Canada. Being an AAU member means we are among the most research active universities in the country and they should all take proud in it. This is going to result in us being able to accelerate the brightest and most capable minds that we are able to attract the university. In this article, you will go through Association of American Universities in detail.
1 Association of American Universities Organization
The Association of American Universities Organization was established on 28 February, 1900 in United States through a group of 14 Doctor of Philosophy degree granting universities to standardize doctoral programs in America. American universities beginning with Johns Hopkins University in 1876 by adopting the intensive research German model of higher education. The presidents of different universities like Harvard University, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California and University of Chicago sent a invitation letter to nine other universities like Catholic University of America, Clark University, Princeton University, Cornell University, Stanford University, University of Wisconsin, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University and University of Michigan to meet in February 1900 at Chicago to promote and elevate standards. The members of AAU elected first chairman as David Starr Jordan and association’s first president as Charles William Eliot.
The main purpose of organization is to offer a forum for the establishment and implementation of institutional policies for higher education, science and innovation to promote undergraduate and graduate education and also strengthens the contributions of leading research universities.
Below you will find a list of universities and colleges (public and private) that are in Association of American Universities
| Public Colleges or Universities in United States | Private Colleges or Universities in United States |
| University of Arizona
University of Buffalo University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of Colorado at Boulder University of Florida Georgia Institute of Technology University of IIIinois at Urbana-Champaign Indiana University University of Lowa Lowa State University University of Kansas McGill University (Canada) University of Maryland University of Michigan Michigan State University University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ohio State University University of Oregon Pennsylvania State University University of Pittsburgh Purdue University Rutgers University Stony Brook University University of Texas at Austin Texas A&M University University of Toronto (Canada) University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Brandeis University
Brown University California Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University University of Chicago Columbia University Cornell University Duke University Emory University Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Massachusetts Institute of Technology New York University Northwestern University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University Rice University University of Rochester University of Southern California Stanford University Tulane University Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis Yale University
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2 Statistics of Association of American Universities
The members of Association of American Universities accounted for 58% of United States universities research grants and 52% of doctorates are awarded in United States. 43% of all Nobel Prize winners and 74% of winners at U.S. institutions have been affiliated with AAU university. Approximately two-thirds of American Academy of Science and Arts are also associated with an AAU university. The faculty members at AAU include 2,993 members of United States National Academics: National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine. Below you will find out a list of students awarded with different degrees
| Undergraduate students | 1,044,759 |
| Undergraduate degree awarded | 235,328 |
| Graduate students | 418,066 |
| Master’s degree awarded | 106,971 |
| Professional degrees awarded | 20,859 |
| Doctorates awarded | 22,747 |
| Postdoctoral fellows | 30,430 |
| Students studying abroad | 57,205 |
| Achievement Scholars | 5,434 |
| Faculty | 72,000 |
3 Ancient and Current President of Association of American Universities
| Name | Year |
| Thomas A. Bartlett | 1977 to 1982 |
| Robert M. Rosenzweig | 1983 to 1993 |
| Cornelius J. Pings | 1993 to 1998 |
| Nils Hasselmo | 1998 to 2006 |
| Robert M. Berdahl | 2006 to 2011 |
| Hunter R. Rawlings III | 2011 to 2016 |
| Mary Sue Coleman | 2016 to 2020 |
| Barbara Synder | 2020 – present |
4 Membership of Association of American Universities
The assertive vote of three-fourths of current members is required for AAU membership by evaluating the expansion and quality of university programs of research, graduate and undergraduate education. The ranking of the member is done by keeping in mind four standards like percentage of faculty who are members of the National Academies, research spending, faculty awards as well as citations. All 66 U.S. members of AAU classified as Highest Research Activity Universities through Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education.
