Association of Pacific Rim Universities

Association of Pacific Rim Universities
Formation	1997; 27 years ago
Type	NGO
Location	Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Unit 902, Cyberport 2, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong;
Membership	61 research universities
Chair	Rocky S. Tuan
Website	apru.org

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

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

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

Gene Block — Chancellor, UCLA

International Secretariat

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

Notes

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

References

^ Association of Pacific Rim Universities – History, Objectives, Strategic Framework Archived 25 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Apru.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
^ "Members - APRU". apru.org.
^ 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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