Organization:Association of Pacific Rim Universities

Short description: Educational organization

Association of Pacific Rim Universities

Formation	1997 (1997)
Type	NGO
Location	APRU International University Centre, Unit 902, Cyberport 2, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong
Membership	61 research universities
Chair	Gene D. Block
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The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) is a consortium of 61 research universities in 19 economies of the Pacific Rim. Formed in 1997, APRU fosters collaboration between member universities, researchers, and policymakers contributing to economic, scientific and cultural advancement in the Pacific Rim. Its headquarters, the APRU International University Centre, is located at the Cyberport in Hong Kong.

Members

Institution	Country/Region
Australian National University	Australia
Monash University	Australia
University of Melbourne	Australia
UNSW Sydney	Australia
University of Queensland	Australia
University of Sydney	Australia
Simon Fraser University	Canada
University of British Columbia	Canada
University of Chile	Chile
Fudan University	China
Harbin Institute of Technology	China
Nanjing University	China
Peking University	China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China
Sun Yat-sen University	China
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
University of Los Andes	Colombia
Universidad San Francisco de Quito	Ecuador
Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
University of Indonesia	Indonesia
Keio University	Japan
Kyushu University	Japan
Nagoya University	Japan
Osaka University	Japan
Tohoku University	Japan
Waseda University	Japan
University of Malaya	Malaysia
Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico
University of Auckland	New Zealand
University of the Philippines	Philippines
Far Eastern Federal University	Russia
Nanyang Technological University	Singapore
National University of Singapore	Singapore
KAIST	South Korea
Korea University	South Korea
POSTECH	South Korea
Pusan National University	South Korea
Seoul National University	South Korea
Yonsei University	South Korea
National Taiwan University	Taiwan
National Tsing Hua University	Taiwan
Chulalongkorn University	Thailand
California Institute of Technology	United States
University of California, Berkeley	United States
University of California, Davis	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

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Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is made up of 13 members, each of whom are chancellors, vice-chancellors or presidents of APRU universities, or staff from the APRU International Secretariat:

• Gene D. Block — Chancellor, UCLA; chair, APRU
• Rocky S. Tuan — Vice-Chancellor and President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Vice Chair, APRU
• Bundhit Eua-arporn — President, Chulalongkorn University
• Jin Taek Chung — President, Korea University
• Subra Suresh — President, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Zhongqin Lin — President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• David Garza — President, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Dawn Freshwater — Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland
• Santa J. Ono — President and Vice Chancellor, The University of British Columbia
• Xiang Zhang — President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
• Deborah Terry AO — Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Queensland
• Carol Christ — Chancellor, UC Berkeley
• Aiji Tanaka — President, Waseda University
• Christopher Tremewan — Secretary General, APRU
• Sherman Cheng — Chief Financial Officer, APRU

International Secretariat

Headed by the Secretary General, 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.

• Christopher Tremewan, Secretary General
• Angelique Chan, chair and Program Director, Population Aging Program
• Anya Wong, Program Officer
• Christina Maria Schönleber , Senior Director, Policy and Research Programs
• Elaine W. Hung , Events and Relations Manager
• Ellen Yau, Senior Administrative and Finance Officer
• Eric Chu, Executive Assistant to the Secretary General
• Jack Ng, Director, Communications
• Jackie Agnello Wong, Director, Network and Student Programs
• Mellissa Withers, Program Director, Global Health Program
• Sherman S. Cheng, Chief Financial Officer
• Takako Izumi, Program Director, Multi-Hazards Program
• Tina T. Y. Lin , Senior Program Officer
• Yekang Ko, Program Director, Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Program
• Yong Sik Ok, chair and Program Director, Sustainable Waste Management Program
• Chelsey Hawes, Program Coordinator, APWiL Mentoring Program

See also

• List of higher education associations and alliances

External links

• Association of Pacific Rim Universities