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Association of East Asian Research Universities

The Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) is an East Asian organisation comprising 19 research universities. It was established in January 1996 at the suggestion of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.[1] The purpose of the organisation is to promote regional exchange and cooperation among member institutions, and to open a forum where leading East Asian universities may share research results.

Member universities

AEARU Members
Country/Region Universities Abbreviations
 Mainland China Fudan University Fudan
Nanjing University Nanjing
Peking University PKU/Peking
Tsinghua University Tsinghua/THU
University of Science and Technology of China USTC
 Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology HKUST
 Macau University of Macau Macau
 Taiwan National Taiwan University NTU/Taiwan
National Tsing Hua University Tsing Hua
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University NYCU
 Japan Institute of Science Tokyo Science Tokyo
Tohoku University Tohoku
University of Osaka UOsaka
University of Tokyo UTokyo
University of Tsukuba Tsukuba
 South Korea Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology KAIST
Pohang University of Science and Technology POSTECH
Seoul National University Seoul/SNU
Yonsei University Yonsei

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b The organisation's headquarters, and correspondingly the chairperson, rotate among the member universities every two years. Therefore, the names listed are for the current period 2022–2023.

References

  1. ^ "AEARU". Tokyo Institute of Technology. Retrieved 4 September 2022.