Worldwide Universities Network

Worldwide Universities Network
AbbreviationWUN
Formation2000; 24 years ago (2000)
HeadquartersDiscovery Way, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Membership
23 institutions
Chair
Professor Sandra Almeida, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Executive Director
Peter Lennie
Head of Secretariat
Mike Hasenmueller
Websitewun.ac.uk

The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is a non-profit consortium of 23 research-intensive universities founded in 2000. It provides financial and infrastructural support to member universities to support international research collaboration and academic mobility.

Members

As of 2024, the member institutions are:[1]

Country Institution
 Australia University of Technology Sydney
 Brazil Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
 Canada University of Alberta
 China Renmin University of China
 Germany Ruhr University Bochum
 Ghana University of Ghana
 Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong
 Mexico Tecnológico de Monterrey
 Netherlands Maastricht University
 New Zealand University of Auckland
 South Africa University of Cape Town
University of Pretoria
  Switzerland University of Lausanne
 Taiwan National Cheng Kung University
 Thailand Mahidol University
 Uganda Makerere University
 United Kingdom University of Bristol
University of Exeter
University of Leeds
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of York
 United States University of Rochester

The network is funded principally by its member universities, which each pay an annual subscription fee.

Structure

WUN is managed by a secretariat that is responsible for the operations, communications, and strategy implementation of the network.

Partnership Board

The Partnership Board comprises the Presidents, Vice-Chancellors or Rectors of the member universities and the WUN Executive Director.

Board members

References

  1. ^ "Members". WUN. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

External links

  • Official website
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