Events

AUA Board Meeting 2018 held in Hainan

Date: 2018-04-09

On April 9th, the Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Board Meeting 2018 was held in Sanya, Hainan Province. Qiu Yong, President of Tsinghua University and President of AUA , welcomed presidents, professors, and senior staff from all 15 member universities as the Alliance celebrates its founding year.

During the Board Meeting, President Qiu Yong presented the AUA Review 2017-2018. The meeting also reviewed and approved the AUA Financial Report 2017-2018, the budget for 2018-2019, and the programs of the Alliance for 2018-2019 in the modules of mobility, research collaboration, and strategy & policy, among others.

At the end of the meeting, all member universities confirmed that the University of Colombo would hold the Executive Presidency for 2019-2020.

For 2018-2019, the Executive Presidency will be held by Universitas Indonesia, as confirmed at the AUA Board Meeting 2017.

Vice President Pomthong Malakul of Chulalongkorn University, on behalf of President Bundhit Eua-arporn, who served as the AUA Executive President for 2017-2018, delivered an address.

In his closing remarks, Qiu Yong extended his thanks to all the member institutions and the AUA Secretariat for their passionate and persistent dedication and noted that the Board Meeting was very productive. “I think we all agree that we had a wonderful start for AUA. A good beginning is half done,” said Qiu. Members agreed that more progress would be achieved in the coming year, and together the Alliance will work towards more exchanges of students, scholars and staff among the members.

The AUA Summit 2018 was wrapped on a high note as all members envisioned that the AUA will work towards enhancing connectivity, promoting knowledge exchange, nurturing global leaders, and raising member universities’ regional and global impact.