RU11 (Research University 11, Japanese: 学術研究懇談会) is a consortium consisting of eleven top research universities in Japan. Established in November 2009, this consortium is actively committed in the international academic community. RU11 is made up of 9 national and 2 private universities.
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Members
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National universities
Hokkaido University
Institute of Science Tokyo
Tohoku University
University of Osaka
University of Tsukuba
University of Tokyo
Nagoya University
Kyoto University
Kyushu University
Private universities
Keio University
Waseda University
Missions
Briefly, their two missions are as follows:
Discuss measures for enhancement in order to strengthen research universities.
Improve cooperation between the research universities and pooling of information.