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Globally connected
There are now 8,515 formal agreements (up from 4,474 in 2003) between Australian universities and their global counterparts, enabling crucial research collaborations and the exchange of students and staff. These include 1,237 in China, 967 in the US, 572 in Germany, 479 in Japan and 466 in France. Through Universities Australia, the sector also has major country-to-country agreements with China, Japan, India, the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Israel, Peru, Colombia and Brazil.