Worldwide Universities Network

Worldwide Universities Network

Abbreviation	WUN
Formation	2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Headquarters	Discovery 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
Website	wun.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.

• Chair: Professor Sandra Almeida, Rector, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
• Vice-Chair: Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland

Board members

• Professor Bill Flanagan, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Alberta
• Professor Margareth Hagen, Rector, University of Bergen
• Professor Hugh Brady, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
• Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town
• Professor Andrew Deeks, President, University College Dublin
• Professor Nana Aba Amfo, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana
• Professor Rocky Tuan, Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Professor Frédéric Herman, Rector, University of Lausanne
• Professor Simone Buitendijk, Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds
• Professor Rianne Letschert, President, Maastricht University
• Professor Banchong Mahaisavariya, President, Mahidol University
• Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, Vice-Chancellor, Makerere University
• Professor Huey-Jen Jenny Su, President, National Cheng Kung University
• Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Pretoria
• Professor Liu Wei, President, Renmin University of China
• Professor Sarah Mangelsdorf, President, University of Rochester
• Professor Dr Martin Paul, Rector, Ruhr University Bochum
• Professor Koen Lamberts, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Sheffield
• Professor Mark E. Smith, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton
• Professor Andrew Parfitt, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Technology Sydney
• Dr David Garza, Rector, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of York
• Professor Peter Lennie, WUN Executive Director

References

External links

• Official website