League of European Research Universities Totally Explained

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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."

History and overview

Founded in 2002, as a partnership among 12 of Europe's top research universities, in 2006 it expanded its membership to include 8 new universities. It is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. The 20 member universities as of 2006 are:

Catholic University of Leuven

University of Helsinki

Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg

University of Paris-Sud

Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg

Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich

Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg

University of Milan

University of Amsterdam

Leiden University,

University of Utrecht

Karolinska Institute, Stockholm

Lund University

University of Geneva

University of Zurich

University College London

University of Cambridge

University of Edinburgh

University of Oxford,

E-LERU

Eight of the LERU member universities are collaboratively responsible for the "e-LERU virtual campus", which was funded by the European Commission as part of its "eLearning programme". This allows students to study and acquire credit for online courses called "e-modules". The e-LERU site also hosts video lectures by scientists, in what is known as its "Top Science" programme.

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