About APRU

Formed in 1997, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) is a consortium of 42 leading research universities in the Pacific Rim. APRU aims to foster education, research and enterprise (for example in the fields of economic development, urbanization, technology transfer, atmospheric pollution, environmental pollution, etc.) thereby contributing to the economic, scientific and cultural advancement in the Pacific Rim.

Member Universities

The APRU members are each respected as the leading universities in their regions in a wide range of research and educational fields. The president of each university is the university's representative to the APRU regarding the management of the organization.

The founding members of the organization are the universities of the presidents who attended the foundation meeting in Los Angeles, June 1997; however, those universities that were invited to the founding meeting but were unable to attend are also considered founding members. Other universities may be recognised as member universities with the support of three-fourths of the Steering Committee members.

Annual Presidents Meeting

Once a year, the presidents of the member universities meet on the campus of one member.

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• First Meeting 1-3 June 1997 University of Southern California
• Second Meeting 23-25 June 1998 Seoul National University
• Third Meeting 7-9 September 1999 The University of Auckland
• Fourth Meeting 23-25 June 2000 The University of British Columbia
• Fifth Meeting 21-23 June 2001 Fudan University
• Sixth Meeting 20-22 June 2002 University of California, Berkeley
• Special Meeting 18-19 June 2003 Video Conference
• Eighth Meeting 23-25 June 2004 University of Chile
• Ninth Meeting 30 June- 2 July 2005 National University of Singapore
• Tenth Meeting 22-24 June 2006 The University of Sydney
• Eleventh Meeting 28-30 May 2007 Zhejiang University
• Twelfth Meeting 26-28 June 2008 Keio University
• Thirteenth Meeting 28-30 June 2009 CALTECH

APRU Presidents

• 1997.6-2002.6 University of Southern California - President, Steven B. Sample
• 2002.6-2006.7 Singapore National University - President, Shih, Choon Fong
• 2006.7-2008.6　The University of Sydney - President, Gavin Brown
• 2008.7-present Keio University - Chair, Yuichiro Anzai
  

Specialist Committees

• APRU-APEC Committee
• Internet and Digital Libraries Committee
• APRU Fellows Committee
• Collaborative Research Committee

Main Projects

• APRU Enterprise
• Research Projects
• APRUNet & Distance Learning
• Collaborative Research Committee
• Fellows Program
• Doctoral Students Conference

Report of participants

• H19 APRU World Institute Workshop on Climate Change(report / program)
• H18 Extra Chapter Challenge(Abstract / Fullpaper)
• Undergraduate Summer Program
  • Undergraduate Summer Program 2006(report 1/ report 2)
  • Undergraduate Summer Program 2007(report 1/ report 2)
  • Undergraduate Summer Program 2008(report)
• Doctoral Students Conference
• 6th Doctoral Students Conference(report)
• 9th Doctoral Students Conference(report)

APRU Member Universities

• 42 Universities as of 13th September 2008
  • Australia (3): The Australian National University, The University of Sydney, The University of Melbourne
  • Canada (1): The University of British Columbia
  • Chile (1): University of Chile
  • China (6): Fudan University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, Zhe Jiang University, Nanjing university
  • Hong Kong (2): The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The University of Hong Kong
  • Taiwan (1): National Taiwan University
  • Indonesia (1): University of Indonesia
  • Japan (6): Kyoto University, Osaka University, The University of Tokyo, Waseda University,Keio University, Tohoku University
  • Korea (2): Seoul National University, Korea University
  • Malaysia (1): University Malaya
  • Mexico (2): National Autonomous University of Mexico, The Tecnologico de Monterrey
  • New Zealand (1): The University of Auckland
  • Philippines (1): University of the Philippines
  • Russia (1): Far Eastern National University
  • Singapore (1): National University of Singapore
  • Thai (1): Chulalongkorn University
  • USA (11):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

Links

• APRU Homepage (National University of Singapore)