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Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)

APRU is a consortium of 42 leading research universities in the Pacific Rim. The consortium aims to foster cooperation in education, research and enterprise thereby contributing to the economic, scientific and cultural advancement of the Pacific Rim.

In its mission, APRU aims to promote scientific, educational and cultural collaboration among Pacific Rim economies. In both its objectives and guiding principles, APRU embodies a commitment to global academic and research standards.

APRU recognizes that its activities can be powerful catalysts for expanding educational, economic and technological cooperation among the Pacific Rim economies. The association seeks to promote dialogue and collaboration between academic institutions in Pacific Rim economies so that they can become effective players in the global knowledge economy.

NUS hosts the APRU Secretariat. NUS President Ton Chorh Chuan sits on the APRU Steering Committee.

Network Activities

APRU’s activities are divided into four categories. These four categories are Annual Meetings, Human Capital Development Activities, Research-centric Activities, and Student-centric activities. For further information regarding activities offered by APRU click here.

Please refer to the NUS webpages for the following:

APRU Doctoral Students Conference

APRU Undergraduate Summer Program

List of Members

Australia	Australian National University University of Melbourne University of Sydney
Canada	University of British Columbia
Chile	University of Chile
China	Fudan University Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Nanjing University Peking University Tsinghua University University of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology of China Zhejiang University
Chinese Taipei	National Taiwan University
Indonesia	University of Indonesia
Japan	Keio University Kyoto University Osaka University Tohoku University University of Tokyo Waseda University
Korea	Korea University Seoul National University
Malaysia	University of Malaya
Mexico	National Autonomous University of Mexico Tecnológico de Monterrey
New Zealand	University of Auckland
Philippines	University of Philippines
Russia	Far Eastern National University
Singapore	National University of Singapore
Thailand	Chulalongkorn University
USA	California Institute of Technology Stanford University University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of Oregon University of Southern California University of Washington

Website

http://www.apru.org

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