Worldwide Universities Network

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:

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