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'''Innovative Research Universities Australia''' ('''IRU Australia''') is a group of six leading Australian research-intensive universities,. The members includingare:

* [[Macquarie University]], Sydney (founded 1964)

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* [[Murdoch University]], Perth (1973)

ThisThe IRU groupAustralia contains most Australian universities founded from 1960 to 1975. This period saw a huge increase in the number of students attending university, and many new campuses (most as new universities) were built to serve them. All six members are acknowledged as internationally recognised, student-focussed, and research-intensive universities who share common aims, standards and values.

IRU Australia is also known as "Group of Six" (cf. [[Group of Eight (Australian Universities)|Group of Eight]])

The universities in the IRU Australia also share many characteristics with members of the [[1994 Group]] in the United Kingdom.

This group contains most Australian universities founded from 1960 to 1975. This period saw a huge increase in the number of students attending university, and many new campuses (most as new universities) were built to serve them.

These universities have a relative focus on the liberal arts, although they all cover a much wider range of courses.

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