Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities
| Formation | 2017 |
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| Type | Nonprofit organisation |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
| Location |
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Membership | 29 |
| Website | aalau |
| Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities | |||
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| Chinese name | |||
| Traditional Chinese | |||
| Simplified Chinese | 亚洲 | ||
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| Korean name | |||
| Hangul | 아시아 리버럴 아츠 대학 연합 | ||
| Japanese name | |||
| Kanji | アジアリベラルアーツ | ||
The Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities (AALAU) is as a consortium of leading liberal arts universities located in countries and regions in East, South and Southeast Asia. Formed in November 2017,[1] AALAU enable member universities to renew and reinvigorate the liberal arts education traditions and development. Its Alliance Secretariat located in Lingnan University in Hong Kong.
Overview
[edit]Because university rankings have not been able to present teaching quality for a long time, 15 of universities with similar visions and characteristics have formed the alliance.[2]
The founding member universities of AALAU are all well-known universities in their respective countries, their common feature is highly internationalized, high social reputation, and high education quality (high graduate achievement). Some of these members were selected as the "Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges In Asia" by Forbes.[3]
Membership
[edit]The Alliance features 15 founding member universities (marking †).[4] At present, AALAU has 29 members.[5]
East Asia
[edit]Hong Kong
[edit]Mainland China
[edit]- Duke Kunshan University †
- East China Normal University †
- Northeast Normal University
- NYU Shanghai
- University of Nottingham Ningbo China †
- Yuanpei College, Peking University †
Taiwan
[edit]Japan
[edit]- International Christian University †
- Yamanashi Gakuin University
- Kyushu University
- Rikkyo University
- Sophia University †
- The University of Tokyo †
- Waseda University †
South Korea
[edit]- Dongguk University
- Ewha Womans University
- Kyung Hee University †
- Seoul National University †
- University of Seoul
- Yeungnam University
- Yonsei University †
South Asia
[edit]India
[edit]Southeast Asia
[edit]Thailand
[edit]See also
[edit]- Liberal arts college
- Global Liberal Arts Alliance
- List of higher education associations and alliances
References
[edit]- ^ "Asian Liberal Arts Conference Lingnan University". www.ln.edu.hk. Archived from the original on 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ "
教育 部 電子 報 _國際 排 名 未 能 反應 教學 質量 15校 組 亞 洲 博雅 大學 聯盟 ". epaper.edu.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2018-05-14. - ^ "Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges In Asia". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ "Lingnan University organises Conference to mark the launch of the Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ "Rikkyo University becomes founding member of alliance of liberal arts universities in Asia". english.rikkyo.ac.jp. Retrieved 2018-05-14.