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Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE)

The Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) was established by a Founding Committee consisting of university representatives from thirteen countries/regions in the Asia-Pacific on, 3 December 2004, at Korea University in Seoul, Korea and was officially launched in March 2006 during the inaugural APAIE Conference in Seoul, Korea.  The founding members are Griffith University (Australia), Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan), Kasetsart University (Thailand), Waseda University (Japan), Korea University, University of Philippines (Los Banos), Brawijaya University (Indonesia), National University of Singapore (Singapore), University of Hawaii, Manoa (USA), University of Delhi (India), University of Auckland (New Zealand), Chinese University of Hong Kong (China), and Renmin University of China (China).

The mission of APAIE is to achieve greater cooperation amongst those responsible for international education and internationalization in Asia-Pacific institutions and to promote the quality of international programs, activities, and exchanges for the harmony and advancement of the Asia-Pacific region. The Association promotes dialog and cooperation between institutions in the Asia-Pacific region and those outside of the region. Towards this aim, the Association devotes itself to the principles of mutual respect, diverse and representative membership, and collective progress.

APAIE seeks to bring together international educators active in Asia-Pacific higher education and other relevant organizations to promote communication, networking, and professional development. The Association would like to facilitate the exchange and mobility of students, staff, and scholars, and the advancement of academic collaboration inter-regionally. APAIE strives to provide a channel for benchmarking for the advancement of members and their institutions, to recommend good practices and policy in cooperation with various institutions and agencies, and to effectively represent the views of its membership with regard to international education.

APAIE offers membership program to any individual of profit and non-profit organizations or institutions interested in the aims and objectives of the Association.

The APAIE Secretariat is permanently located in Seoul. The Board of Directors is led by President, Doo-Hee LEE, and the Secretariat office is directed by Executive Director, Grace KIM. The APAIE Board and the president are nominated from a variety of countries in the Asia Pacific region.

 
List of Members

As at January 2010, the Board of Directors comprises of:

Doo-Hee LEE
President
Korea University
Korea

http://www.korea.edu

Thomas WU
Vice President for Administration
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk

Christopher MADDEN
Vice President for Conference Planning
Griffith University
Australia

http://www.griffith.edu.au

Heung-Suk CHOI
Steering Committee
Korea University
Korea

http://www.korea.edu

Edgar PORTER
Steering Committee
Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University
Japan

http://www.apu.ac.jp

Christopher TREMEWAN
Steering Committee
The University of Auckland
New Zealand

http://www.auckland.ac.nz

Chi-Cheng CHENG
Board of Director
National Sun Yat-Sen University
Taiwan

http://www.nsysu.edu.tw

Ki-Jeong LEE
Board of Director
Hanyang University
Korea

http://www.hanyang.ac.kr

Debin LIU
Board of Director
Jilin University
China

http://www.jlu.edu.cn

Anne PAKIR
Board of Director
National University of Singapore
Singapore

http://www.nus.edu.sg

Tatsuya SAKAMOTO
Board of Director
Keio University
Japan

http://www.keio.ac.jp

Edward SHULTZ
Board of Director
University of Hawaii at Manoa
USA

http://www.uhm.hawaii.edu

Chin Tiong TAN
Board of Director
Singapore Management University
Singapore

http://www.smu.edu.sg

Zhong TANG
Board of Director
Renmin University of China
China

http://www.ruc.edu.cn

Katsuichi UCHIDA
Board of Director
Waseda University
Japan

http://www.waseda.jp

Chariya BROCKELMAN
Board of Director
Mahidol University
Thailand

http://www.mahidol.ac.th

Yeonseob HA
Board of Director
Yonsei University
Korea

http://www.yonsei.ac.kr

 
 
Website

http://www.apaie.org

 

 

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