Worldwide Universities Network

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.

Worldwide Universities Network

Abbreviation	WUN
Formation	2000; 25 years ago (2000)
Headquarters	Discovery Way, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Membership	24 institutions
Chair	Bill Flanagan, University of Alberta
Executive Director	Peter Lennie
Secretary General	Mike Hasenmueller
Website	wun.ac.uk

Members

As of 2025, the member institutions are:^[1]

Country	Institution
Australia	Griffith University University of Technology Sydney University of Queensland
Brazil	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Canada	University of Alberta
Germany	Ruhr University Bochum
Ghana	University of Ghana
Hong Kong	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Japan	University of Tsukuba
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 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 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