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