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League of European Research Universities

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, it is a partnership between 12 of Europe's top research universities. It is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. The member universities are:

Belgium

  • Catholic University of Leuven (Dutch-speaking) *

    Finland

  • University of Helsinki

    France

  • Louis Pasteur University

    Germany

  • University of Heidelberg *
  • Ludwig-Maximilians University

    Italy

  • University of Milan

    The Netherlands

  • University of Leiden *

    Sweden

  • Karolinska Institute

    Switzerland

  • University of Geneva *

    United Kingdom

  • University of Cambridge *
  • University of Edinburgh *
  • University of Oxford *

    The 7 universities marked with an * are also members of the Coimbra Group, another (larger) alliance of European universities.

    Several members of LERU are also member of Europaeum, yet another European university network.

    External links

  • LERU website

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