League of European Research Universities

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

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.

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:

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• Association of East Asian Research Universities

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.

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