Global University Leaders Forum

The Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) is a group of presidents from the world's top 29 universities, established in 2006 by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

It describes itself as a "community" to address educational, scientific and research agendas.

[3] The current GULF Chair is Suzanne Fortier of McGill University.

[4] A 2018 report by Times Higher Education and Elsevier found that the then-27 GULF members produced 7% of the world's research output, more than any individual country except the United States and China, and are responsible for 15.4% of all research cited in patents, more than any individual country except the United States.

[5][6][7] The group has expanded since its inception in 2006,[8][9][10] and has 29 affiliated universities as of 2020.

Tan Chorh Chuan , President of the National University of Singapore , speaking at a session of the Global University Leaders Forum at WEF 2013