League of European Research Universities explained

League of European Research Universities
Type:	Education and research
Leader Title:	Secretary-General
Leader Name:	Kurt Deketelaere
Headquarters:	Leuven, Belgium
Region Served:	Europe
Membership:	24

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. 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.^[2] The 24 member universities as of 2024 are:

LERU Members!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

See also

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

Notes

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Secretary-General - LERU : League of European Research Universities. leru.org.
2. Web site: The First Decade - LERU . live.