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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.

Members

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

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 Sandra Almeida, Rector, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Board members

• Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland
• Professor Evelyn Welch, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
• Emeritus Professor Daya Reddy, Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town
• Professor Rocky Tuan, Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Professor Lisa Roberts, President, University of Exeter
• Professor Nana Aba Amfo, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana
• Professor Frédéric Herman, Rector, University of Lausanne
• Professor Hai-Sui Yu, Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds
• Professor Rianne Letschert, President, Maastricht University
• Professor Banchong Mahaisavariya, President, Mahidol University
• Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, Vice-Chancellor, Makerere University
• Dr David Garza, Rector, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Professor Meng-Ru Shen, President, National Cheng Kung University
• Professor Themba Mosia, Interim Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Pretoria
• Professor Lin Shangli, 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
• Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of York
• Professor Peter Lennie, WUN Executive Director

References

External links

• Official website