League of European Research Universities expands membership

LERU, was founded in 2002 with 12 members as a network of research-intensive universities sharing the values of high-quality teaching within an environment of internationally competitive research. This was subsequently expanded to 20 members in 2006.

Its current members are, Universiteit van Amsterdam, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Université de Genève, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Helsingin yliopisto, Universiteit Leiden, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University College London, Lunds universitet, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Oxford, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris-sud, Karolinska Institutet, Université de Strasbourg, Universiteit Utrecht, and Universität Zürich.

LERU is very pleased that Imperial College London and the Universitat de Barcelona will join the League. “We are certain that the membership of these two renowned institutions will strengthen LERU’s position in Europe and help it to broaden its view on the issues it is dealing with; I am very much looking forward to working with them”, said Kurt Deketelaere, LERU’s Secretary-General.

 Dídac Ramírez i Sarrió, Rector of Universitat de Barcelona, expressed enthusiasm about joining LERU as its first Spanish member: “The Universitat de Barcelona is honoured to become part of the distinguished membership of LERU with the ambition of contributing to strengthen the European research of excellence in a changing and progressively more competitive international scenario.”