美国大学协会（Association of AmericanUniversities，亦翻译为北美大学协会、北美大学联盟）是由美国和加拿大的主要研究性大学组成的一个组织。它是由14所授予博士学位的美国大学于1900年成立的，目的是为了加强和统一博士学位的标准。是一个公认的世界一流大学群体。该协会以提升大学的学术研究和教育水平为宗旨。大多数情况下，AAU是可以和一流大学画等号的。

名校不一定一流，但AAU成员一定都是一流大学。

作为世界一流大学群体，AAU呈现出一些一流大学的共同特征，例如适宜的学校规模、大师云集的人文环境、高质量的研究成果等，且并非所有指标都是越大越好。AAU会员大学还呈现出鲜明的个性特征，例如数百年历史积淀、缔造美国精神的哈佛大学，催生出硅谷工业园区、在现代高科技发展中独领风骚的斯坦福大学，规模小而品质精的加州理工学院，独具反叛革命风格的加州大学伯克利分校，还有以社会学科和人文学科严苛教学质量称霸中西部的密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校等。这些学校要么全面发展，如哈佛大学、斯坦福大学和密歇根大学等；要么在某方面有特长，如密苏里大学、普渡大学、宾夕法尼亚州立大学等。总之它们都是美国高等教育机构的第一方阵。

成员名单：

Boston University (2012)

Brandeis University (1985)

Brown University (1933)

California Institute of Technology (1934)

Carnegie Mellon University (1982)

Case Western Reserve University (1969)

Columbia University (1900)

Cornell University (1900)

Duke University (1938)

Emory University (1995)

Georgia Institute of Technology (2010)

Harvard University (1900)

Indiana University (1909)

Iowa State University (1958)

The Johns Hopkins University (1900)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1934)

McGill University (1926)

Michigan State University (1964)

New York University (1950)

Northwestern University (1917)

The Ohio State University (1916)

The Pennsylvania State University (1958)

Princeton University (1900)

Purdue University (1958)

Rice University (1985)

Rutgers University-New Brunswick (1989)

Stanford University (1900)

Stony Brook University-The State University of New York(2001)

Texas A&M University (2001)

Tulane University (1958)

The University of Arizona (1985)

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York(1989)

University of California, Berkeley (1900)

University of California, Davis (1996)

University of California, Irvine (1996)

University of California, Los Angeles (1974)

University of California, San Diego (1982)

University of California, Santa Barbara (1995)

The University of Chicago (1900)

University of Colorado Boulder (1966)

University of Florida (1985)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1908)

The University of Iowa (1909)

The University of Kansas (1909)

University of Maryland, College Park (1969)

University of Michigan (1900)

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (1908)

University of Missouri-Columbia (1908)

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1922)

University of Oregon (1969)

University of Pennsylvania (1900)

University of Pittsburgh (1974)

University of Rochester (1941)

University of Southern California (1969)

The University of Texas at Austin (1929)

University of Toronto (1926)

University of Virginia (1904)

University of Washington (1950)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison (1900)

Vanderbilt University (1950)

Washington University in St. Louis (1923)

 

Yale University (1900)

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