Worldwide Universities Network
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| Abbreviation | WUN |
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| Formation | 2000 |
Membership | 24 institutions |
Chair | Professor Sandra Almeida, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
Executive Director | Peter Lennie |
Head of Secretariat | Mike Hasenmueller |
| Website | wun |
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is a non-profit consortium of 24 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 2022[update], the member institutions are:[1]
- University of Alberta
- University of Auckland
- University of Bergen
- University of Bristol
- University of Cape Town
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- University College Dublin
- University of Ghana
- University of Lausanne
- University of Leeds
- Maastricht University
- Mahidol University
- Makerere University
- National Cheng Kung University
- University of Pretoria
- Renmin University of China
- University of Rochester
- Ruhr University Bochum
- University of Sheffield
- University of Southampton
- Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of York
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
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