League of European Research Universities

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) is a consortium of leading European research universities, headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

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 its membership expanded 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 is the current Secretary-General.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Linda Doyle is the current chair.

Membership

The Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, one of the 12 founding member of the LERU, voluntarily left the group in March 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The 24 member universities<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as of 2024 are:

LERU Members

Country	Universities
Template:BEL	KU LeuvenTemplate:Ref label
Template:DEN	University of CopenhagenTemplate:Ref label
Template:FIN	University of HelsinkiTemplate:Ref labelTemplate:Ref label
Template:FRA	Sorbonne UniversityTemplate:Ref label
	Paris-Saclay UniversityTemplate:Ref label
	University of StrasbourgTemplate:Ref label
Template:DEU	University of FreiburgTemplate:Ref label
	Heidelberg UniversityTemplate:Ref label
	University of Munich
Template:IRL	Trinity College DublinTemplate:Ref labelTemplate:Ref label
Template:ITA	University of Milan
Template:NED	University of AmsterdamTemplate:Ref label
	Leiden UniversityTemplate:Ref labelTemplate:Ref label
	Utrecht UniversityTemplate:Ref labelTemplate:Ref label
Template:ESP	University of BarcelonaTemplate:Ref labelTemplate:Ref label
Template:SWE	Lund UniversityTemplate:Ref label
Template:CHE	University of GenevaTemplate:Ref label
	ETH Zurich
	University of ZurichTemplate:Ref label
Template:GBR	Imperial College LondonTemplate:Ref label
	University College LondonTemplate:Ref label
	University of CambridgeTemplate:Ref label
	University of EdinburghTemplate:Ref label
	University of OxfordTemplate:Ref labelTemplate:Ref label

See also

• List of higher education associations and alliances
• Association of East Asian Research Universities

Notes

1. Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note label These universities also belong to the Coimbra Group, a larger alliance of European universities.
2. Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note label These universities also belong to Europaeum, another European university network.
3. Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note label These universities joined the League as new members on 1 January 2006.
4. Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note label These universities also belong to the Utrecht Network, another European university network.
5. Template:Note label Template:Note label These universities joined the League as new members on 1 January 2010.
6. Template:Note label These universities joined the League as new members on 1 January 2017.

External links

• Template:Official website