Appendix – List of Preferred Collaborators

Africa University of Canberra* Alexandria University University of Canterbury*^ American University in Cairo^ University of New South Wales*^ Benha University University of Newcastle^ Beni-Suef University University of Queensland*^ Cairo University^ University of South Australia*^ Covenant University University of Sydney*^ Fayoum University University of Tasmania*^ Kafrelsheikh University University of Technology Sydney*^ Makerere University University of Waikato^ Mansoura University University of Western Australia*^ Stellenbosch University^ University of Wollongong*^ Suez Canal University Victoria University of Wellington^ University of Bejaia Victoria University* University of Cape Town*^ University of Ibadan Asia University of Johannesburg Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University ^ University of KwaZulu-Natal Al-Farabi Kazakh National University^ University of Pretoria Auezov South Kazakhstan State University (SKSU) ^ University of the Western Cape Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) ^ University of the Witwatersrand*^ Bauman Moscow State Technical University ^ Beihang University (former BUAA) ^ Australia/Oceania Beijing Institute of Technology ^ Auckland University of Technology*^ Beijing Normal University ^ Australian National University*^ Catholic University of Korea ^ Bond University^ Chang Gung University ^ Curtin University*^ Chiba University ^ Deakin University*^ Chinese University of Hong Kong*^ Flinders University*^ Chulalongkorn University^ Griffith University*^ Chung-Ang University (CAU) ^ James Cook University*^ City University of Hong Kong*^ La Trobe University*^ Dongguk University ^ Lincoln University ^ East China Normal University ^ Macquarie University*^ Ewha Womans University ^ Massey University ^ Fudan University*^ Monash University*^ Gadjah Mada University ^ Queensland University of Technology*^ Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology*^ RMIT University^ Hankuk (Korea) University of Foreign Studies ^ Swinburne University of Technology^ Hanyang University*^ University of Adelaide*^ Harbin Institute of Technology ^ University of Auckland*^ Hiroshima University ^ AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ Hitotsubashi University ^ National Sun Yat-sen University ^ Hokkaido University^ National Taiwan Normal University ^ Hong Kong Baptist University^ National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Hong Kong Polytechnic University*^ (Taiwan Tech) ^ Hong Kong University of Science and Technology*^ National Taiwan University*^ Huazhong University of Science and Technology*^ National Tsing Hua University ^ Indian Institute of Science^ National University of Science and Technology MISIS ^ National University of Sciences And Technology Indian Institute of Technology Bombay^ (NUST) Islamabad ^ Indian Institute of Technology Delhi^ National University of Singapore*^ Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) ^ National Yang Ming University ^ Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) ^ Novosibirsk State University ^ Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) ^ Okayama University ^ Indian Institute of Technology Madras ^ Osaka University*^ Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) ^ Pakistan Institute of Engineering and ITMO University ^ Applied Sciences (PIEAS) ^ Jilin University ^ Peking University*^ Kazakh National Research Technical University Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University ^ after K.I. Satbayev ^ Pohang University of Science And Technology*^ Kazan (Volga region) Federal University ^ Pusan National University ^ Keio University ^ Renmin (People's) University of China ^ Kobe University ^ RUDN University ^ Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology*^ Saint Petersburg State University ^ Korea University*^ Seoul National University*^ Kumamoto University ^ Shanghai Jiao Tong University*^ Kyoto University*^ Shanghai University ^ Kyung Hee University*^ Singapore Management University ^ Kyushu University^ Sogang University ^ L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU) ^ Southeast University ^ Mahidol University ^ Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)* Moscow State Institute of International Relations^ Sun Yat-sen University*^ Nagasaki University ^ Sungkyunkwan University*^ Nagoya University*^ Taipei Medical University (TMU) ^ Nanjing University*^ Tianjin University ^ Nankai University*^ Tohoku University*^ Nanyang Technological University*^ Tokyo Institute of Technology*^ National Central University ^ Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) ^ National Cheng Kung University ^ Tomsk State University ^ National Chiao Tung University^ Tongji University ^ National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) ^ Tsinghua University*^ National Research Saratov State University ^ UCSI University ^ National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University ^ Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology* National Research University Higher School of Economics Universitas Indonesia ^ (HSE University) ^ Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) ^ AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia^ Brighton and Sussex Medical School* Universiti Malaya^ Brunel University London ^ Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) ^ Cardiff University*^ Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)^ CentraleSupélec^ Universiti Teknologi Brunei ^ Chalmers University of Technology*^ Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ^ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin* Universiti Teknologi Petronas (Petronas) ^ Charles University ^ University of Delhi ^ Christian-Albrechts-University zu Kiel ^ University of Hong Kong*^ City, University of London ^ University of Macau*^ Complutense University of Madrid^ University of Malaya* Copenhagen Business School* University of Melbourne*^ Delft University of Technology*^ University of Otago*^ Dublin City University ^ University of Science and Technology Beijing ^ Durham University*^ University of Science and Technology of China*^ Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen^ University of the Philippines ^ École des Ponts ParisTech*^ University of Tokyo*^ Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan ^ University of Tsukuba^ École Normale Supérieure de Lyon*^ University of Ulsan ^ École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne*^ UNSW Sydney* École Polytechnique*^ Ural Federal University - UrFU ^ Eindhoven University of Technology*^ Waseda University ^ Erasmus University Rotterdam*^ Wuhan University*^ ETH Zurich*^ Xi’an Jiaotong University ^ Free University of Berlin*^ Xiamen University ^ Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ^ Yokohama City University ^ Ghent University*^ Yonsei University *^ Goethe University Frankfurt* Zhejiang University*^ Goldsmiths, University of London ^ Graz University of Technology ^ Europe Heidelberg University* Aalborg University*^ Heriot-Watt University ^ Aalto University*^ Humboldt University of Berlin*^ Aarhus University*^ Imperial College London*^ Aberystwyth University ^ Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA) ^ Aix-Marseille University ^ Jacobs University* Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg^ Jagiellonian University ^ Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna^ Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz *^ Aston University ^ Johannes Kepler University Linz ^ Autonomous University of Barcelona* Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg ^ Bangor University ^ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology*^ Belarusian State University ^ Karolinska Institute* Bielefeld University* King's College London*^ Birkbeck, University of London ^ KTH Royal Institute of Technology*^

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ KU Leuven*^ Swansea University*^ Lancaster University*^ Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences* Lappeenranta University of Technology ^ Tampere University of Technology ^ Leiden University*^ Technical University of Berlin* Linköping University ^ Technical University of Darmstadt* LMU Munich* Technical University of Denmark*^ Lomonosov Moscow State University*^ Technical University of Munich*^ London School of Economics*^ Technische Universität Berlin ^ Loughborough University^ Technische Universität Braunschweig ^ Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München^ Technische Universität Darmstadt^ Lund University*^ Technische Universität Dresden^ Maastricht University*^ Tilburg University*^ Medical University of Graz* Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin *^ Medical University of Vienna* TU Dresden* Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology*^ Ulm University*^ National Technical University of Athens ^ Umea University ^ National University of Ireland Galway ^ Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ^ Newcastle University*^ Universidad Carlos III de Madrid^ Norwegian University of Science And Technology ^ Universidad de Alcalá ^ Oxford Brookes University ^ Universidad de Zaragoza ^ Paris Diderot University – Paris 7* Universidad Politécnica de Madrid ^ Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris* Universidade Nova de Lisboa ^ Paris-Sud University*^ Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore ^ Politecnico di Milano ^ Università di Padova^ Politecnico di Torino ^ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ^ Pompeu Fabra University* Universität Bremen ^ Queen Mary, University of London*^ Universitat de Barcelona^ Queen's University Belfast*^ Universität des Saarlandes ^ Radboud University Nijmegen*^ Universität Frankfurt am Main^ Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn^ Universität Hamburg ^ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland* Universität Innsbruck ^ Royal Holloway, University of London*^ Universität Jena ^ Ruhr University Bochum*^ Universität Konstanz ^ Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg ^ Universität Mannheim ^ RWTH Aachen University ^ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech^ Sapienza University of Rome*^ Universitat Politècnica de València ^ Sciences Po^ Universitat Pompeu Fabra ^ Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa*^ Universität Stuttgart^ Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna*^ Université Catholique de Louvain*^ SOAS University of London ^ Université de Liège ^ Sorbonne University*^ Université de Montpellier ^ St George’s, University of London* Université de Strasbourg ^ Stockholm University*^ Université Diderot Paris 7 ^

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ Université Grenoble-Alpes ^ University of Helsinki*^ Université Libre de Bruxelles*^ University of Hohenheim*^ Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne ^ University of Iceland* Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III ^ University of Jyväskylä ^ Université PSL^ University of Kent ^ University College Cork ^ University of Kiel* University College Dublin*^ University of Konstanz* University College London*^ University of Lausanne*^ University of Aberdeen*^ University of Leeds*^ University of Amsterdam*^ University of Leicester*^ University of Antwerp*^ University of Limerick ^ University of Barcelona* University of Lisbon ^ University of Basel^ University of Liverpool*^ University of Bath*^ University of Luxembourg* University of Bergen*^ University of Manchester*^ University of Bern*^ University of Mannheim* University of Birmingham*^ University of Marburg* University of Bologna* University of Milan ^ University of Bonn* University of Münster* University of Bordeaux ^ University of Naples - Federico II ^ University of Bristol*^ University of Navarra*^ University of Cambridge*^ University of Nottingham*^ University of Coimbra ^ University of Oslo*^ University of Cologne*^ University of Oulu*^ University of Copenhagen*^ University of Oxford*^ University of Duisburg-Essen* University of Padua* University of Dundee*^ University of Passau* University of East Anglia*^ University of Pisa ^ University of Eastern Finland ^ University of Porto ^ University of Edinburgh*^ University of Potsdam* University of Erlangen-Nuremberg* University of Reading*^ University of Essex*^ University of Rome University of Rome "Tor Vergata"More^ University of Exeter*^ University of Sheffield*^ University of Florence ^ University of Southampton*^ University of Freiburg* University of Southern Denmark*^ University of Fribourg* University of St. Andrews*^ University of Geneva*^ University of St. Gallen (HSG) ^ University of Glasgow*^ University of Stirling ^ University of Gothenburg*^ University of Strathclyde ^ University of Göttingen*^ University of Stuttgart* University of Granada ^ University of Surrey*^ University of Groningen*^ University of Sussex*^ University of Hamburg* University of Szeged ^

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ University of Tampere* Tel Aviv University^ University of Tartu ^ United Arab Emirates University ^ University of Trento*^ University of Tromsø The Arctic University of Norway ^ North America University of Tübingen* Arizona State University*^ University of Turku ^ Boston College^~ University of Twente*^ Boston University*^~ University of Vienna*^ Brandeis University*^~ University of Warsaw ^ Brown University*^~ University of Warwick*^ California Institute of Technology*^~ University of Würzburg* Carleton University* University of York*^ Carnegie Mellon University*^~ University of Zurich*^ Case Western Reserve University*^~ Uppsala University*^ Clark University*^~ Utrecht University*^ College of William & Mary*~ V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ^ Colorado School of Mines*~ Vienna University of Technology*^ Colorado State University ^ Vilnius University ^ Columbia University*^~ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University* Concordia University*^ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam*^ Cornell University*^~ Vrije Universiteit Brussel*^ Dalhousie University*^ Wageningen University *^ Dartmouth College*^~ Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster ^ Drexel University ^ Duke University*^~ Middle East Emory University*^~ American University of Beirut (AUB) ^ Florida State University*^~ American University of Sharjah ^ George Washington University*^~ Amirkabir University of Technology ^ Georgetown University*^~ Ben Gurion University of The Negev ^ Georgia Institute of Technology*^~ Bilkent University ^ Harvard University*^~ Hebrew University of Jerusalem^ Howard University ^~ Khalifa University ^ Illinois Institute of Technology ^~ King Abdulaziz University ^ Indiana University Bloomington*^~ King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals^ Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey ^ King Khalid University ^ Iowa State University^ King Saud University^ Johns Hopkins University*^~ Koç University ^ Laval University* Qatar University ^ Lehigh University ^~ Sabanci University ^ Massachusetts Institute of Technology*^~ Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) ^ McGill University*^ Sharif University of Technology ^ McMaster University*^ Sultan Qaboos University ^ Memorial University of Newfoundland* Technion - Israel Institute of Technology^ Michigan State University*^~

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ New York University*^~ University of California, Santa Cruz*^~ North Carolina State University*^~ University of Chicago*^~ Northeastern University*^~ University of Cincinnati* Northwestern University*^~ University of Colorado Boulder*^~ Oregon Health and Science University* University of Colorado Denver ^ Oregon State University ^ University of Connecticut ^~ Pennsylvania State University*^~ University of Delaware*^~ Princeton University*^~ University of Florida*^~ Purdue University*^~ University of Georgia^~ Queen’s University* University of Guelph* Queen's University at Kingston ^ University of Hawai'i at Manoa*^ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute^~ University of Illinois at Chicago*^ Rice University*^~ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*^~ Rutgers University - New Brunswick*^~ University of Iowa*^~ Simon Fraser University*^ University of Kansas^ Stanford University*^~ University of Manitoba* State University of New York at Buffalo*~ University of Maryland, Baltimore County ^ Stony Brook University*^~ University of Maryland, College Park*^~ Syracuse University*~ University of Massachusetts*^~ Texas A&M University*^~ University of Miami*^~ The Katz School at Yeshiva University ^ University of Michigan*^~ The Ohio State University*^~ University of Minnesota, Twin Cities*^~ Tufts University*^~ University of Montreal* Tulane University^~ University of New Mexico ^ Universidad de Costa Rica ^ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*^~ Universidad de La Habana ^ University of Notre Dame*^~ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México^ University of Oklahoma ^ Université de Montréal ^ University of Ottawa*^ Université de Sherbrooke* University of Pennsylvania*^~ Université du Québec* University of Pittsburgh*^~ Université Laval ^ University of Regina* University of Alabama at Birmingham* University of Rochester*^~ University of Alberta*^ University of Saskatchewan*^ University of Arizona*^ University of South Florida* University of British Columbia*^ University of Southern California*^~ University of Calgary*^ University of Tennessee, Knoxville ^~ University of California, Berkeley*^~ University of Texas at Austin*^~ University of California, Davis*^~ University of Texas at Dallas*^ University of California, Irvine*^~ University of Toronto*^ University of California, Los Angeles*^~ University of Utah*^ University of California, Riverside*^~ University of Victoria*^ University of California, San Diego*^~ University of Virginia*^~ University of California, Santa Barbara*^~ University of Washington*^~

AAU Member Top 525 QS World University ^ Russell Group Member Top 300 THE World University * Also Included: Top 20 THE Universities in Each Region Top 100 USNWR National University ~ University of Waterloo*^ South America University of Western Ontario^ Diego Portales University University of Windsor* Federal University of Rio de Janeiro^ University of Wisconsin - Madison*^~ Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP)^ Vanderbilt University*^~ Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina ^ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University*^~ Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile^ Wake Forest University*^~ Pontificia Universidad Javeriana ^ Washington State University ^~ São Paulo State University (UNESP)^ Washington University in St. Louis*^ Universidad Austral ^ Wayne State University ^ Universidad de Belgrano ^ Western University* Universidad de Buenos Aires^ Yale University*^~ Universidad de Chile ^ York University*^ Universidad de Palermo (UP) ^ Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) ^ Universidad Externado de Colombia ^ Universidad Nacional de Colombia^

Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) ^

University of Dearrollo University of São Paulo*^ University of the Andes^

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