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The International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU), established in late
2005, is a collaboration between ten of the world's leading research-intensive universities
who share similar visions for higher education, in particular the education of future
leaders.
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IARU activities can be categorized as:
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Global Education Initiatives, aimed at cultivating a sense of global citizenship
and leadership amongst students. Examples include the Global Summer Program, Global Internship Program and the Sustainability Fellowships.
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Institutional Joint Working, to facilitate the sharing of best practices and learning
from one another. Projects include Industrial Innovation, HR Benchmarking, the Value of Research
Intensive Universities, Alumni Association and Open Access Publishing.
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Grand challenges facing humanity. The Alliance has identified sustainable solutions
on climate change as one of its key initiatives. As a demonstration of its commitment
to promote sustainability, IARU has sought to lead by example through the establishment
of the Campus Sustainability
Program aimed at reducing the environmental impact of our campus activities.
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Major research projects pertaining to ageing, longevity and health, global security, and sustainable cities.
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The incumbent Chair of IARU is Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, President of the National
University of Singapore.
List of Members:
• Australian National University
• National University of Singapore
• Peking University
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Cambridge
• University of Copenhagen
• University of Oxford
• The University of Tokyo
• Yale University
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