Worldwide Universities Network

Template:Short description Template:One source Template:COI Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other 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.

Members

As of 2025, the member institutions are:

Country	Institution
Template:Country data Australia	Griffith University University of Technology Sydney University of Queensland
Template:Country data Brazil	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Template:Country data Canada	University of Alberta
Template:Country data Germany	Ruhr University Bochum
Template:Country data Ghana	University of Ghana
Template:Country data Hong Kong	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Template:Country data Japan	University of Tsukuba
Template:Country data Mexico	Tecnológico de Monterrey
Template:Country data Netherlands	Maastricht University
Template:Country data New Zealand	University of Auckland
Template:Country data South Africa	University of Cape Town University of Pretoria
Template:Country data Switzerland	University of Lausanne
Template:Country data Taiwan	National Cheng Kung University
Template:Country data Thailand	Mahidol University
Template:Country data Uganda	Makerere University
Template:Country data United Kingdom	University of Bristol University of Exeter University of Leeds University of Sheffield University of York
Template:Country data 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 Bill Flanagan, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Alberta
• Vice-Chair: Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana

Board members

• Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland
• Professor Evelyn Welch, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
• Professor Mosa Moshabela, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town
• Professor Dennis Lo, Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Professor Lisa Roberts, President, University of Exeter
• Professor Carolyn Evans, Vice-Chancellor and President, Griffith University
• Professor Frédéric Herman, Rector, University of Lausanne
• Professor Shearer West, Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds
• Professor Rianne Letschert, President, Maastricht University
• Professor Piyamitr Sritara, President, Mahidol University
• Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, Vice-Chancellor, Makerere University
• Professor Sandra Almeida, Rector, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
• Dr David Garza, Rector, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Professor Meng-Ru Shen, President, National Cheng Kung University
• Professor Francis Petersen, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Pretoria
• Professor Deborah Terry, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Queensland
• 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 Andrew Parfitt, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Dr Kyosuke Nagata, President, University of Tsukuba
• Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of York
• Professor Peter Lennie, WUN Executive Director

External links

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