Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities
The Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities is as a consortium of leading liberal arts universities located in countries and regions in East, South and Southeast Asia. Formed in November 2017, 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
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.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. Some of these members were selected as the "Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges In Asia" by Forbes.
Membership
The Alliance features 15 founding member universities. At present, AALAU has 29 members.East Asia
Hong Kong
Mainland China
- Duke Kunshan University †
- East China Normal University †
- Northeast Normal University
- NYU Shanghai
- University of Nottingham Ningbo China †
- Yuanpei College, Peking University †
Taiwan
Japan
- International Christian University †
- Yamanashi Gakuin University
- Kyushu University
- Rikkyo University
- Sophia University †
- The University of Tokyo †
- Waseda University †
South Korea
- Dongguk University
- Ewha Womans University
- Kyung Hee University †
- Seoul National University †
- University of Seoul
- Yeungnam University
- Yonsei University †