The Board is the governing body of the Alliance. The Board consists of Chief Executives from member institutions.
The Board currently has 15 Chief Executives.
Ilesanmi ADESIDA, Nazarbayev University
Mohammed ALBAILI, United Arab Emirates University
Ghaleb Ali Alhadrami ALBREIKI, United Arab Emirates University
Badran A. ALOMAR, King Saud University
Abdullah S. Al-Salman, King Saud University
Muhammad ANIS, Universitas Indonesia
Tony F. CHAN, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Subhasis CHAUDHURI, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Lakshman DISSANAYAKE, University of Colombo
Bundhit EUA-ARPORN, Chulalongkorn University
GONG Qihuang, Peking University
Makoto GONOKAMI, The University of Tokyo
Abdul Rahim HASHIM, Universiti Malaya
H.D. KARUNARATNE, Univesity of Colombo
Shigeo KATSU, Nazarbayev University
Pho KAUNG, University of Yangon
Devang KHAKHAR, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Ari KUNCORO, Universitas Indonesia
LIN Jianhua, Peking University
Se-Jung OH, Seoul National University
QIU Yong, Tsinghua University
Mohd. Hamdi Abd. SHUKOR, Universiti Malaya
Wei SHYY, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
SUNG Nak-in, Seoul National University
TAN Chorh Chuan, National University of Singapore
Tin Maung Tun, University of Yangon
WANG Xiqin, Tsinghua University
Chandrika WIJEYARATNE, University of Colombo
The Presidency institution is elected by the Board, serving for a term of three years, renewable for one more term. The Chief Executive of the Presidency serves as the President of AUA. The Presidency 2026-2029 is held by Chulalongkorn University. The AUA President is Wilert PURIWAT, President of Chulalongkorn University.
2023-2026 UAEU
AUA President: Prof. Ghaleb Ali Alhadrami Albreiki (2023‑2024), Prof. Ahmed Al Raeesi (2024‑2026)
2020-2023 THU
AUA President: Prof. QIU Yong (2020-2022), Prof. WANG Xiqin (2022-2023)
2017-2020 THU
AUA President: Prof. QIU Yong (2017-2020)
The Executive Presidency is held for a term of one year and is elected by the Board. The Executive Presidency 2026-2027 is held by Nazarbayev University. The Executive President 2026-2027 is Professor Waqar AHMAD, President of Nazarbayev University.
2025-2026 SNU
AUA Executive President 2025-2026: Prof. Honglim Ryu
2024-2025 IITB
AUA Executive President 2024-2025: Prof. Shireesh B. Kedare
2023-2024 HKUST
AUA Executive President 2023-2024: Prof. Nancy Y. IP
2022-2023 UAEU
AUA Executive President 2022-2023: Prof. Ghaleb Albreiki
2021-2022 UM
AUA Executive President 2021-2022: Prof. Hamdi Shukor
2020-2021 NU
AUA Executive President 2020-2021: Prof. Shigeo Katsu
2019-2020 UoC
AUA Executive President 2019-2020: Prof. Lakshman Dissanayake
2018-2019 UI
AUA Executive President 2018-2019: Prof. Muhammad Anis
2017-2018 CU
AUA Executive President 2017-2018: Prof. Bundhit Eua-arporn
As determined by the Board at the AUA Board Meeting 2019, the AUA Secretariat is hosted permanently by Tsinghua University. The Secretariat is responsible for organizing the AUA Summit, implementing Board decisions, facilitating AUA activities, planning the budget, and fundraising.
AUA Secretary
Prof. LIU Jian
Staff
Ms. FANG Yanhua, Chief Administrator
Ms. HAN Zhuoluo, Administrator (Finance & Programs)
Ms. CAI Xiaodan, Administrator (Communications & Programs)