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Founded in 1985 and formally constituted by Charter in 1987, the Coimbra Group is a network of European universities which gathers 39 of the older universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Louvain, MontpellierMontpellier ( Occitan Montpelhier is a city in the south of France. It is the prefecture (administrative capital) of the Herault departement''. Its population in 1999 was 225,392, while the surrounding metropolitan area (in French: aire urbaine had a popu, UppsalaThis article is about the modern city of Uppsala. If you're searching for the Uppsala of Norse mythology, see Gamla Uppsala. Uppsala [˘ɵpsɑːla] is a City and a Municipality of Sweden, located about 70 km north of Stockholm., GöttingenMap of Germany showing Gottingen Coat of Arms University of Gottingen Top The old Auditorium Maximum (1862-65 Bottom New library building Gottingen is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Gottingen. The Leine river runs th, HeidelbergHeidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. As of 2002, there are 140,000 people living on the city's 109 km2. Heidelberg Castle, Heiliggeist Church and the Old Bridge Heidelberg lies on the river Neckar a, DublinThis article is about the city in Ireland. For other uses of the name, see Dublin (disambiguation). Dublin ( Irish: Baile Atha Cliath is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mou, BolognaBologna (from Latin Bononia Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. History Bologna was founded by the Etruscans with the name Felsina''. Next the city was the Roman c, SienaThis page is not about the form of limonite clay called sienna. Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. Siena was an Etruscan settlement and a small Roman town, the seat of a Christian bishop by the 5th century, but its importance began in the early 12th centu, Leiden, Coimbra, Barcelona and Granada.

The group took its name from one of the oldest universities in Europe, the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Coincidentally, the University of Coimbra celebrated its 700th anniversary that same year, 1985.