2. DESTINATION EUROPE ! Europe : a vibrant place for frontier research Prof Dr Kurt Deketelaere Secretary-General League of European Research Universities (LERU) Professor of Law University of Leuven www.leru.orgwww.leru.org – www.kurtdeketelaere.bewww.kurtdeketelaere.be

3. League of European Research Universities 3 Universiteit van Amsterdam Universitat de Barcelona University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Université de Genève Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Helsingin yliopisto (University of Helsinki) Universiteit Leiden KU Leuven Imperial College London University College London Lunds universitet Università degli Studi di Milano Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München University of Oxford Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Université Paris-Sud 11 Université de Strasbourg Universiteit Utrecht Universität Zürich

4. League of European Research Universities 550,000+ students/50,000+ PhD students MA/PhD degrees granted/year: 55,000/12,000 55,000 academic staff/55,000 non-academic staff 5 BN+ total research budget 300 M+ EU projects 20%+ of ERC grants 230+ Nobel Prizes and Field Medals Research environment : people / infrastructure / funding / projects / publications / spin-offs, etc ! 4

5. LERU and EU R&I Policy 5

6. LERU and ERC 6

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8. LERU and TT 8