League of European Research Universities

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The League of European Research Universities (LERU) is a consortium of European research universities.

History and overviewEdit

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Linda Doyle is the current Chair.

MembershipEdit

The Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, one of the 12 founding member of the LERU, voluntarily left the group in March 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 24 member universities as of 2024 are:

LERU Members
Country	Universities
{{#invoke:flag	Belgium}}	KU Leuven Template:Ref label
Template:DEN	University of Copenhagen Template:Ref label
{{#invoke:flag	Finland}}	University of Helsinki Template:Ref label Template:Ref label
{{#invoke:flag	France}}	Sorbonne University Template:Ref label
	Paris-Saclay University Template:Ref label
	University of Strasbourg Template:Ref label
{{#invoke:flag	Germany}}	University of Freiburg Template:Ref label
	Heidelberg University Template:Ref label
	University of Munich
{{#invoke:flag	Ireland}}	Trinity College Dublin Template:Ref label Template:Ref label
{{#invoke:flag	Italy}}	University of Milan
Template:NED	University of Amsterdam Template:Ref label
	Leiden University Template:Ref label Template:Ref label
	Utrecht University Template:Ref label Template:Ref label
{{#invoke:flag	Spain}}	University of Barcelona Template:Ref label Template:Ref label
{{#invoke:flag	Sweden}}	Lund University Template:Ref label
{{#invoke:flag	Switzerland}}	University of Geneva Template:Ref label
	ETH Zurich
	University of Zurich Template:Ref label
Template:GBR	Imperial College London Template:Ref label
	University College London Template:Ref label
	University of Cambridge Template:Ref label
	University of Edinburgh Template:Ref label
	University of Oxford Template:Ref label Template:Ref label