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League of European Research Universities

Educational consortium

Summary

Educational consortium

Field	Value
name	League of European Research Universities
image	LERU logo.png
formation
type	Education and research
leader_title	Secretary-General
leader_name	Kurt Deketelaere
headquarters	Leuven, Belgium
region_served	Europe
membership	24
website

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. 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. The 24 member universities as of 2024 are:

Country	Universities
	KU Leuven
	University of Copenhagen
	University of Helsinki
	Sorbonne University
Paris-Saclay University
University of Strasbourg
	University of Freiburg
Heidelberg University
University of Munich
	Trinity College Dublin
	University of Milan
	University of Amsterdam
Leiden University
Utrecht University
	University of Barcelona
	Lund University
	University of Geneva
ETH Zurich
University of Zurich
	Imperial College London
University College London
University of Cambridge
University of Edinburgh
University of Oxford

Location

Notes

These universities also belong to the Coimbra Group, a larger alliance of European universities.
These universities also belong to Europaeum, another European university network.
These universities joined the League as new members on 1 January 2006.
These universities also belong to the Utrecht Network, another European university network.
These universities joined the League as new members on 1 January 2010.
These universities joined the League as new members on 1 January 2017.

References

"Secretary-General – LERU: League of European Research Universities". leru.org.
"The First Decade - LERU".
"Members".

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