President Nagata Attends the AEARU Board Meeting and the AEARU Annual General Meeting

The Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) held its 43rd Board of Directors Meeting and 24th Annual General Meeting at National Taiwan University, on November 14. President Kyosuke Nagata, a chairperson of the AEARU Board of Directors, Vice President Benton Caroline (Global Affairs), and Director Osamu Oneda (Office of Global Initiatives) attended the meetings.

President Kyosuke Nagata served as a chairperson and Vice President Benton Caroline do as a moderator of the meeting. During the meeting, an accounting report by the third quarter of 2018 was released and an activity plan and management policy for 2019 were discussed.

The Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) is a regional organization founded in 1996, with the goals of forming a forum for the presidents of leading research-oriented universities in East Asia and of carrying out mutual exchanges between the major universities in the region. AEARU's activities include the Annual General Meeting, Board of Directors Meeting by representative universities, an international symposium on a specific theme, and a student summer camp.

The next 25th Annual General Meeting will be held at Yonsei University in Korea.

Members (18 universities)

Japan: The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Tohoku University, Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Tsukuba

China: Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Nanjing University, University of Science and Technology of China

Korea: Seoul National University, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yonsei University

Taiwan: National Taiwan University, National Tsing Hua University

Hong Kong: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Group photo of the Annual General Meeting

Group photo of the Board Meeting

A scene in the meeting