Universities Australia

Universities Australia

Predecessor	Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee
Formation	Sydney in May 1920
Founded at	Sydney
Type	tertiary education peak body
Legal status	non-profit organisation
Purpose	Peak body for universities
Headquarters	Canberra, ACT
Location	Canberra, ACT
Chief Executive Officer	Mr Luke Sheehy
Chairperson	Professor David Lloyd
Website	www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au

Universities Australia (formerly the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee) is an organisation founded in Sydney in May 1920, which attempts to advance higher education through voluntary, cooperative and coordinated action. After being based for a time in both Sydney and Melbourne, its offices relocated to Canberra in 1966. It is a private company whose members are Australia's 39 universities. The universities are represented by their vice-chancellors.

The current chair of Universities Australia is University of South Australia Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor David Lloyd.^[1] Its CEO is Mr Luke Sheehy.^[1]