Coimbra Group
"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, internationalisation, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, and service to society".
http://www.coimbra-group.be
Compostela Group
"In 1993, Compostela Holy Year, the University of Santiago de Compostela started contacts with other institutions of higher education located in the secular Way to Santiago. Its main aim was to establish a university network that would enable co-operation between universities in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage emerged around this pilgrimage way to Compostela that has crossed Europe from the IX century".
http://www.grupocompostela.org
Santander
"The Santander Group is a European Universities' Network with the aims of establishing special academic, cultural and socio-economic ties and of setting up specific and advanced facilities as well as privileged channels of information and exchange.The Group was also created to encourage contacts between universities and their surrounding communities or regions on matters related to social and technological development".
http://sgroup.be
Utrecht Network
"The group consists of twenty-six members (representing twenty-nine universities) co-operating in the area of internationalisation in the broadest sense of the word. The members of the group are all prominent and broadly based educational institutions which assume a cultural responsibility alongside their academic and educational tasks".
http://www.utrecht-network.org 