Networks

APRU is a consortium composed of 42 leading research universities from 16 countries located in the Pacific Rim. Established in 1997, APRU aims to promote scientific, educational and cultural collaboration among Pacific Rim institutes in order to help its members become effective contributors to the global economy. The APRU World Institute (AWI) consists of APRU members and invited members. Established in 2006, AWI serves as a platform where members could focus on issues of regional and global concern.

Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Malaya, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Tecnológico de Monterrey, University of British Columbia, University of Auckland, University of Chile, University of the Philippines, Fudan University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Nanjing University, Far Eastern National University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, Zhejiang University, University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore, Chulalongkorn University, National Taiwan University, University of Indonesia, 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, Keio University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Tohoku University, University of Tokyo, Waseda University, Korea University, Seoul National University. Plus invited members for AWI: Johns Hopkins University, Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology.

APRU is involved in various research activities on higher education issues as well as other areas that are of significance to specific member universities. On the other hand, AWI’s activities are more regional and global in nature and include involvement in climate change issues (impacts, mitigation and adaptation strategies), public health and water resources management. Some activities in the past included: CMAS: Integrated Water Resource Management and Impacts of Climate Change Workshop (March 18, 2009), AWI Climate Change Program Planning Meeting: Integrated Water Resource Management and Impacts of Climate Change Workshop (September 11, 2008), Climate Change: Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Cities (April 4-6, 2007), and Pacific Rim Cities: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies (1st Program Meeting: October 13-14, 2007; 2nd Program Meeting: April 27-28, 2008; 3rd Program Meeting: September 9-12, 2008; 4th Program Meeting: March 16, 17 & 19, 2009).

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