The Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) is an East Asian organisation comprising 19 research universities. It was established in January 1996 at the suggestion of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The purpose of the organisation is to promote regional exchange and cooperation among member institutions, and to open a forum where leading East Asian universities may share research results.
Member universities +AEARU MembersCountry/RegionUniversitiesAbbreviationsFudan UniversityFudanNanjing UniversityNanjingPeking UniversityPKU/PekingTsinghua UniversityTsinghua/THUUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaUSTCHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHKUSTUniversity of MacauMacauNational Taiwan UniversityNTU/TaiwanNational Tsing Hua UniversityTsing HuaNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityNYCUInstitute of Science TokyoScience TokyoTohoku UniversityTohokuUniversity of OsakaUOsakaUniversity of TokyoUTokyoUniversity of TsukubaTsukubaKorea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyKAISTPohang University of Science and TechnologyPOSTECHSeoul National UniversitySeoul/SNUYonsei UniversityYonsei
See also List of higher education associations and alliances League of European Research Universities
Notes The organisation's headquarters, and correspondingly the chairperson, rotate among the member universities every two years. Therefore, the names listed are for the current period 2022–2023.
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External links Official website