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Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities

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Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities
Formation2017
TypeNonprofit organisation
HeadquartersHong Kong
Location
  • 7 countries and regions
Membership
29
Websiteaalau.org
Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese亞洲博雅大學聯盟
Simplified Chinese亚洲博雅大学联盟
Transcriptions
Korean name
Hangul아시아 리버럴 아츠 대학 연합
Japanese name
Kanjiアジアリベラルアーツ大学連合

The Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities (AALAU) is as a consortium of leading liberal arts universities located in countries and regions in East, South and Southeast Asia. Formed in November 2017,[1] 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

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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.[2]

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 (high graduate achievement). Some of these members were selected as the "Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges In Asia" by Forbes.[3]

Membership

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The Alliance features 15 founding member universities (marking †).[4] At present, AALAU has 29 members.[5]

East Asia

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Hong Kong

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Mainland China

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Taiwan

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Japan

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South Korea

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South Asia

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India

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Southeast Asia

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Thailand

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Asian Liberal Arts Conference Lingnan University". www.ln.edu.hk. Archived from the original on 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  2. ^ "教育部電子報_國際排名未能反應教學質量 15校組亞洲博雅大學聯盟". epaper.edu.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  3. ^ "Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges In Asia". www.forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  4. ^ "Lingnan University organises Conference to mark the launch of the Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  5. ^ "Rikkyo University becomes founding member of alliance of liberal arts universities in Asia". english.rikkyo.ac.jp. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
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