Under WNA, the World Nuclear University is a global partnership commit­ted to enhancing international education and leadership in the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology. The central elements of the WNU partnership are the global organizations of the nuclear industry — the World Nuclear Association (WNA) and the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) — and the intergovernmental nuclear agencies — the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD-NEA), and the leading institutions of nuclear learning in some 30 countries. WNU programmes are intended to complement existing institu­tions of nuclear learning by filling unmet educational and training needs on the international level. These programmes are designed to capitalize on the WNU’s strength as a partnership that draws on support from industry, governments and academia. To date, WNU programmes have focused on building nuclear leadership and providing orientation on the main issues that affect the global nuclear industry today. As of September 2009, nearly 2000 nuclear professionals and students from over 60 countries had partici­pated in such programmes called Summer Institute. Plans for future WNU programmes envisage widening their scope to include fostering industry and regulatory consensus on issues affecting nuclear industry operations, building policy consensus on a sound multinational framework to govern expanding nuclear commerce and power production, facilitating multina­tional academic cooperation, and enhancing public understanding of nuclear science and technology.