Membership in the Age-Friendly University Global Network is open to degree-granting institutions of higher education throughout the world.

The Age-Friendly University Global Networks offer your institution an invaluable platform for sharing best practices and innovative approaches in engaging with our aging world within your unique context. It serves as a mechanism to foster intergenerational exchange, enabling the exploration of Age-Friendly initiatives and the cultivation of new educational and innovative practices in teaching, research, and community engagement. These endeavors bring social, personal, and economic benefits to learners of all ages and contribute to advancing higher education institutions.

The network provides an exceptional opportunity for participating institutions to develop and contribute to a substantial expertise base in the interdisciplinary field of aging, encompassing sociological, physiological, cognitive, cultural, entrepreneurial, and other relevant domains. This collective knowledge fosters the translation of research into practical applications, knowledge exchange, and income generation, delivering tangible outcomes.

Engaging with the Ten Principles of the Age-Friendly University fosters cohesion within institutions regarding their activities related to aging. It facilitates a reflective process resulting in collegial collaboration and scientific advancement, fosters innovative partnerships, and enhances the potential for successful funding applications among network members.

Participation in the network not only strengthens the capacity of each participating institution but also unifies their voices into a powerful collective advocating for the importance of aging within higher education.