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Association of Pacific Rim Universities
Formation1997; 27 years ago (1997)
TypeNGO
Location
  • Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Unit 902, Cyberport 2, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong
Membership61 research universities
Chair
Rocky S. Tuan
Websiteapru.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) is a consortium of 61 research universities in 17 economies of the Pacific Rim. Formed in 1997,[1] APRU fosters collaboration between member universities, researchers, and policymakers contributing to economic, scientific and cultural advancement in the Pacific Rim. Its international secretariat is located at the Cyberport in Hong Kong.

Members

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Institution Country/Region
Monash University  Australia
The Australian National University  Australia
The University of Adelaide  Australia
The University of Melbourne  Australia
The University of Queensland  Australia
The University of Sydney  Australia
UNSW Sydney  Australia
Simon Fraser University  Canada
The University of British Columbia  Canada
University of Alberta  Canada
Universidad de Chile  Chile
Fudan University  China
Nanjing University  China
Peking University  China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University  China
Sun Yat-sen University  China
The Chinese University of Hong Kong  Hong Kong
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology  Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong  Hong Kong
Tongji University  China
Tsinghua University  China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences  China
University of Science and Technology of China  China
Xi'an Jiaotong University  China
Zhejiang University  China
National Taiwan University  Chinese Taipei
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University


 Chinese Taipei
Universidad San Francisco de Quito  Ecuador
Universitas Indonesia  Indonesia
Keio University  Japan
Kyushu University  Japan
Nagoya University  Japan
Osaka University  Japan
Tohoku University  Japan
Waseda University  Japan
Korea University  South Korea
KAIST  South Korea
POSTECH  South Korea
Pusan National University  South Korea
Seoul National University  South Korea
Yonsei University  South Korea
Universiti Malaya  Malaysia
Tecnológico de Monterrey  Mexico
University of Auckland  New Zealand
University of the Philippines[a]  Philippines
Far Eastern Federal University  Russia
Nanyang Technological University  Singapore
National University of Singapore  Singapore
Chulalongkorn University  Thailand
University of California, Davis  United States
University of California, Irvine  United States
University of California, Los Angeles  United States
University of California, Riverside  United States
University of California, San Diego  United States
University of California, Santa Barbara  United States
University of California, Santa Cruz  United States
University of Hawaii at Manoa  United States
University of Oregon  United States
University of Southern California  United States
University of Washington  United States

Reference: [2]

Steering Committee

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The Steering Committee 2024-2025 is made up of 15 members, each of whom are chancellors, vice-chancellors or presidents of APRU universities, or staff from the APRU International Secretariat:[3]

  • Rocky S. Tuan — Vice-Chancellor and President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chair, APRU
  • Dawn Freshwater — Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland; Vice Chair, APRU
  • Kohei Itoh, President, Keio University
  • Teck Hua Ho, President, Nanyang Technological University Singapore
  • Tan Eng Chye, President, National University of Singapore
  • Honglim Ryu, President, Seoul National University
  • Joy Johnson, President and Vice-Chancellor, Simon Fraser University
  • Kuiling Ding, President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • David Garza, President, Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • Xiang Zhang, President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
  • Deborah Terry AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Queensland
  • Rosa Deves, Rector, Universidad de Chile
  • Gary May, Chancellor, University of California, Davis
  • Pradeep Khosla, Chancellor, University of California, San Diego
  • Carol Folt, President, University of Southern California

APRU Ambassador

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Gene Block — Chancellor, UCLA

International Secretariat

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Headed by the Chief Executive, the APRU International Secretariat coordinates the agenda and programs of APRU. The Secretariat also plays an instrumental role in driving APRU's communications and global outreach. The Secretariat is currently based in Hong Kong and located at the Cyberport.

  • Prof. Thomas Schneider, Chief Executive
  • Albert Chan, Director of Administration and Finance
  • Christina Maria Schönleber, Chief Strategy Officer
  • Adriana Rojas, Senior Director, Networks and Students Programs
  • Benjamin Zhou, Program Manager
  • David Guillermo Quimbayo G., Program Officer
  • Jackie Wong, Director, Communications and Engagement
  • Joey Chu, Senior Manager, Events
  • Vini Damayanti, Communications and Administrative Officer
  • Eric Chu, Executive Manager
  • Ellen Yau, Manager of Administration and Finance

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Consists of Diliman, Baguio, Cebu, Los Baños, Manila, Mindanao, Open University, and Visayas campuses.

References

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  1. ^ Association of Pacific Rim Universities – History, Objectives, Strategic Framework Archived 25 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Apru.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
  2. ^ "Members - APRU". apru.org.
  3. ^ Association of Pacific Rim Universities – Steering Committee Archived 7 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Apru.org. Retrieved on 2020-06-04.
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