History of ELLS
| September 2001 | Letter of Intent for the formation of the Euroleague for Life Sciences |
| November 2001 | "Kick-off workshop", Doorwerth, the Netherlands |
| October 2002 | 1st Conference on Education and Science with partners of the Euroleague for Life Sciences and universities in Northern America at Wageningen University |
| December 2002 | Board meeting in Uppsala Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding |
| June 2003 | UHOH assumes ELLS Chair |
| October 2003 | Withdrawal of the University of Aberdeen |
| November 2003 | Board meeting in Hohenheim Adoption of the Policy Document |
| February 2004 | ELLS-Conference on Internationalisation and Quality Assurance, University of Hohenheimt |
| June 2004 | 2nd ELLSNA Conference on Transatlantic Cooperation in Education, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois |
| October 2004 | ELLS Meeting at BOKU, Vienna Signing of the "Letter of Intent" for the Cooperation between the Euroleague for Life Sciences and North American Universities, ELLSNA |
| May 2005 | Board meeting in Copenhagen Decision on the enlargement of ELLS |
| July 2005 | |
| October 2005 | ELLS Conference "The Life Science Concept of the ELLS Network", Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala |
| June 2006 | 3rd ELLSNA Conference on Transatlantic Cooperation in Education, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL), Copenhagen, Denmark |
| October 2006 | Start of the joint MSc programme "Safety in the Food Chain" |
| October 2006 | ELLS Conference "Achievement and perspectives of ELLS", Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland |
| August 2007 | Start of the joint MSc programme EnvEuro - Master in Environmental Science |
| September 2007 | ELLS Conference "From Strategy to Implementation", University for Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna |
| October 2007 | BOKU Vienna assumes ELLS Chair |
| April 2008 |
ELLS Board and Task Force/IRO Meeting, Uppsala |
| November 2008 |
ELLS Conference "Implementing ELLS Mobility", Czech University of LIFE Sciences, Prague |
| April 2009 |
ELLS Board and Task Force/IRO Meeting, Brussels (Neth-ER seminar) |
| November 2009 |
ELLS Conference "The Future of ELLS Programmes: From Master to Bachelor and PhD", University of Hohenheim, Germany |
| November 2009 |
First Scientific Student Conference "Climate Change - Global Change", University of Hohenheim, Germany |
| January 2010 |
ELLS Board and Task Force/IRO Meeting, University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna |
| October 2010 |
Start of the joint MSc programme "EUR-Organic - European Master in Organic Agriculture and Food Systems" |
| November 2010 |
ELLS Conference "Student Mobility and Programme Development", University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Denmark |
| November 2010 |
2nd Scientific Student Conference "Food and the Environment - production, quality and planning" |
| November 2010 |
LIFE assumes ELLS Chair |
| October 2011 |
ELLS Conference "Life Sciences Universities in 2020" Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
| October 2011 |
3rd Scientific Student Conference "Can Agriculture Feed the World?" Wageningen University, The Netherlands |