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League of European Research Universities

Formation	2002
Type	Education and research
Headquarters	Leuven, Belgium
Region served	Europe
Membership	24
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 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. Dr Linda Doyle is the current Chair.

Membership

Leuven

Helsinki

Sorbonne

Paris-Saclay

Strasbourg

Freiburg

Heidelberg

Munich

Milan

Amsterdam

Leiden

Utrecht

Barcelona

Lund

Copenhagen

Geneva

Zurich

Imperial

UCL

Cambridge

Edinburgh

Trinity

Oxford

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Locations of LERU universities.

The 24 member universities as of 2024 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]
• ETH Zurich
• 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
• Association of East Asian Research Universities

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