League of European Research Universities

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League of European Research Universities

Formation	2002
Type	Education and research
Headquarters	Leuven, Belgium
Region served	Europe
Secretary-General	Prof. Kurt Deketelaere
Website	www.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 2017 it expanded its membership to twenty-three. As the latest additions, Trinity College Dublin and the University of Copenhagen joined the alliance on 1 January 2017. 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. Prof. dr. Kurt Deketelaere^[1] is the current Secretary-General.

Membership[]

The 23 member universities as of 2017 are:

 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]
• University of Zurich^[3]

 United Kingdom

• Imperial College London^[5]
• University College London (UCL)^[3]
• University of Cambridge^[1]
• University of Edinburgh^[1]
• University of Oxford^[1][2]

Former members[]

 Sweden

• Karolinska Institutet

See also[]

• List of higher education associations and alliances
• National Institutes of Technology – 31 leading public engineering universities in India

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[]

External links[]

• Official website
• e-LERU Virtual Campus
• Bright Students’ Conference