International Relations Office

Alliances & Networks


ASEAN University Network (AUN)

At the Fourth ASEAN Summit, held in Singapore in January 1992, ASEAN leaders directed that ASEAN should help hasten the solidarity and the development of a regional identity by considering ways to further strengthen the existing network of the leading universities and institutions of higher learning in the region. The idea was later developed into ASEAN University Network (AUN).  ASEAN University Network was established in November 1995 with the signing of its Charter by the Ministers responsible for Higher Education from ASEAN countries, the signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of the AUN by the presidents/rectors/vice-chancellors of participating universities, and the formation of AUN Board of Trustees and a Secretariat headed by an Executive Director

The main objective of the AUN is to strengthen the existing network of co-operation among leading universities in ASEAN.  This is done by promoting co-operation and solidarity among ASEAN scholars and academicians, developing academic and professional human resource, and promoting information dissemination among ASEAN academic community. The network has brought together the ASEAN countries' individual quest for academic collaborations in the identified priority areas that would deepen understanding of the dynamic ASEAN, and accordingly hasten regional identity and solidarity.

NUS is a member of the AUN Board of Trustees.

 
Network Activities

The ASEAN University Network offers its members range of activities which fall broadly into three categories:

 
  • Meetings & Conferences
    These include Board of Trustees Meetings, AUN Rectors’ Meetings and Conferences, ASEAN-China Rectors’ Conferences, ASEAN Plus Three Rectors’ Conferences, IROs Plus Three Meetings, and the ASEAN-ROK Academic Workshop & Conferences.
  • Faculty Exchanges
    Examples are the Distinguished Scholars Programme, the SEE Forum, and the ASEAN-ROK Exchange Fellowship Programme.
  • Student Exchanges 
    The activities offered include the ASEAN Student Exchange Programmes, ASEAN Studies programmes, Internship Programme, the Educational Forum & Young Speakers Contest, and the ASEAN Youth Cultural Forum. 


For further information regarding activities offered by AUN click here.

Please refer to the NUS webpages for the following:

ASEAN Youth Cultural Forum

AUN Educational Forum and Young Speakers Contest
 
List of Members

Brunei Darussalam

Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

Royal University of Phnom Penh**
Royal University of Law and Economics

Indonesia

Institut Teknologi Bandung
Universitas Airlangga
Universitas Gadjah Mada **
Universitas Indonesia

Laos

National University of Laos

Malaysia

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia
University of Malaya **

Myanmar

Institute of Economics
University of Yangon

Philippines

Ateneo de Manila University
De La Salle University **
University of the Philippines

Singapore

National University of Singapore**
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore Management University

Thailand

Burapha University
Chiang Mai University
Chulalongkorn University
Mahidol University

Vietnam

Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City


** Members on the Board of Trustees. Myanmar and Thailand are represented by their respective Ministries of Education.
 
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