LERU : League of European Research Universities

League of European Research Universities

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) is an association of
twenty-one leading research-intensive universities that share the values of high-quality teaching within an environment of internationally competitive research.

Founded in 2002, LERU advocates education through an awareness of the frontiers of human understanding; the creation of new knowledge through basic research, which is the ultimate source of innovation in society; and the promotion of research across a broad front in partnership with industry and society at large.

The purpose of the League is to advocate these values, 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 in-depth analyses and make concrete recommendations for policymakers, universities, researchers and other stakeholders.

2002 - 2012

In 2012, LERU celebrated its 10^th anniversary. To commemorate this event, LERU organised a conference on the present and future role of research universities in Europe, in particular in view of the EU research and innovation policy of the next years and decades. The conference took place in Barcelona on 9 & 10 May 2012. Visit www.10yearsleru.org for more information.

The LERU universities are:

• University of Amsterdam
• Universitat de Barcelona
• University of Cambridge
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Freiburg
• Université de Genève
• Universität Heidelberg
• University of Helsinki
• Universiteit Leiden
• KU Leuven
• Imperial College London
• University College London
• Lund University
• University of Milan
• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• University of Oxford
• Pierre & Marie Curie University
• Université Paris-Sud
• University of Strasbourg
• Utrecht University
• University of Zurich