The Worldwide Universities Network at UW-Madison

The Worldwide Universities Network is a consortium of 16 large research universities: University of Bergen, University of Bristol, University of California San Diego, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Leeds, Nanjing University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, University of Sydney, University of Toronto, Universiteit Utrecht, University of Washington at Seattle, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of York, and Zhejiang University.

WUN aims to foster collaboration between its members to advance knowledge and understanding on issues of global concern. UW-Madison was a founding member of WUN in 2000 under former Chancellor David Ward. Chancellor John Wiley describes WUN as “an exciting international network of research universities that are tackling major research challenges and delivering instruction in areas that no one member could address alone. WUN is helping to keep UW­–Madison and Wisconsin at l eading edges of research and teaching.”

WUN is flexible, allowing members to leverage their own resources and draw on those of WUN partners to advance these objectives in a variety of ways. At UW-Madison, WUN “seed grants” support a variety of collaborations involving at least two non-US WUN partners. Outputs include new joint proposals for extramural funding, strengthened international partnerships, research publications and presentations, new online resources, and innovative educational opportunities.