League of European Research Universities

League of European Research Universities
Formation2002; 23 years ago (2002)
TypeEducation and research
HeadquartersLeuven, Belgium
Region served
Europe
Membership24
Secretary-General
Kurt Deketelaere
Websitewww.leru.org

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) is a consortium of European research universities.

History and overview

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) is an association of research-intensive universities. Founded in 2002, as a partnership among twelve multi-faculty research universities, in 2024 it expanded its membership to twenty-four. As the latest addition, ETH Zurich joined the alliance on 1 January 2024. The purpose of the League is to influence policy in Europe and to develop best practice through mutual exchange of experience. LERU regularly publishes a variety of papers and reports which make high-level policy statements, provide analyses and make recommendations for policymakers, universities, researchers and other stakeholders.

LERU is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. Kurt Deketelaere[1] is the current Secretary-General. Linda Doyle is the current Chair.

Membership

Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, one of the 12 founding member of the LERU, voluntarily left the group in March 2011.[2] The 24 member universities as of 2024 are:

LERU Members
Country Universities
 Belgium KU Leuven[1]
 Denmark University of Copenhagen[6]
 Finland University of Helsinki[2][4]
 France Sorbonne University[3]
Paris-Saclay University[3]
University of Strasbourg[4]
 Germany University of Freiburg[3]
Heidelberg University[1]
University of Munich
 Ireland Trinity College Dublin[1][6]
 Italy University of Milan
 Netherlands University of Amsterdam[3]
Leiden University[1][2]
Utrecht University[3][4]
 Spain University of Barcelona[5][1]
 Sweden Lund University[3]
 Switzerland University of Geneva[1]
ETH Zurich
University of Zurich[3]
 United Kingdom Imperial College London[5]
University College London[3]
University of Cambridge[1]
University of Edinburgh[1]
University of Oxford[1][2]

Location

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Locations of LERU universities

See also

Notes

  1. a b c d e f g These universities also belong to the Coimbra Group, a larger alliance of European universities.
  2. a b c These universities also belong to Europaeum, another European university network.
  3. a b c d e f These universities joined the League as new members on January 1, 2006.
  4. a b c These universities also belong to the Utrecht Network, another European university network.
  5. a b These universities joined the League as new members on January 1, 2010.
  6. a These universities joined the League as new members on January 1, 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Secretary-General - LERU : League of European Research Universities". leru.org.
  2. ^ "The First Decade - LERU" (PDF).