International Relations Office

Alliances & Networks


International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU)

The International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU), established in late 2005, is a collaboration between ten of the world’s leading research-intensive universities which share similar visions for higher education, in particular the education of future leaders. Its mission is to give researchers and students at the involved universities the opportunity to engage in international research and research-based teaching.

ETH Zurich President Professor Dr Ralph Eichler is the current Chairman.

 
Network Activities

IARU activities can be categorized as:

 
  • Governance meetings – NUS will be hosting the 2013 IARU Presidents’ Meeting from 8 to 9 April 2013, at NUS University Hall. Please click here for more details.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Major research projects pertaining to ageing, longevity and health, global security, and sustainable cities.


For further information regarding activities offered by IARU click here.

Please refer to the NUS webpages for the following:

IARU Global Summer Programme

IARU Graduate Student Conference

IARU Global Internship Program @ NUS

IARU Global Internship Program @ The University of Tokyo

IARU Global Internship Program @ ETH Zurich

IARU Student Sustainability Fellowship
 
List of Members
 
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