League of European Research Universities

League of European Research Universities

Formation	2002 (2002)
Type	Education and research
Headquarters	Leuven, Belgium
Region served	Europe
Membership	24
Secretary-General	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 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. 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

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

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.

External links

• Official website