League of European Research Universities

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According to its mission statement, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) is "a group of European research-intensive universities committed to the values of high quality teaching within an environment of internationally competitive research."

Founded in 2002, as a partnership among 12 of Europe's top research universities, in 2006 it expanded its membership to include 8 new universities. It is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. The 20 member universities as of 2006 are:

Belgium

• Catholic University of Leuven (Dutch-speaking) ^[1]

Finland

• University of Helsinki ^[2]

France

• University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie ^[3]
• Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg
• University of Paris-Sud ^[3]

Germany

• Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg ^[1]
• Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
• Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg ^[3]

Italy

• University of Milan

The Netherlands

• University of Amsterdam ^[3]
• Leiden University ^[1],^[2]
• University of Utrecht ^[3]

Sweden

• Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
• Lund University ^[3]

Switzerland

• University of Geneva ^[1]
• University of Zurich ^[3]

United Kingdom

• University College London ^[3]
• University of Cambridge ^[1]
• University of Edinburgh ^[1]
• University of Oxford ^[1],^[2]

[edit] Footnotes

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 17, 2006.

[edit] External links

• LERU website