The Group of Eight (Go8) is a coalition of world-leading research-intensive Australian universities. The Go8 universities are some of the largest and the oldest universities in Australia and are consistently the highest ranked of all Australian universities. It is generally recognized as the Australian version of the Ivy League. They have always been a leader in the Southern Hemisphere and the Pacific Rim, and they enjoy nearly 70% of the Australian government ’s education and research budget. The headquarters of the Alliance is located in Canberra, the Australian capital territory. In addition to the fruitful research results and first-class scientific research talents, the enormous academic resources of the Go8 have also made a profound impact on various fields such as politics and economics which have far-reaching influences. They not only have a large number of outstanding alumni in the political and business circles around the world, but also have cultivated a number of Nobel Prize winners. In 2016 all Go8 Universities were ranked in the top 150 worldwide, with six in the top 100. Go8 Universities feature in the top 100 places for every subject area in the QS world university subject rankings. All Go8 Universities are in the QS top 100 for literature, biological sciences, environmental sciences, accounting and finance, anthropology, law and education.