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, 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.
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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 (high graduate achievement). 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 (marking †). At present, AALAU has 29 members.
East Asia
Lingnan University †
Duke Kunshan University †
East China Normal University †
Northeast Normal University
NYU Shanghai
University of Nottingham Ningbo China †
Yuanpei College, Peking University †
Fu Jen Catholic University †
National Chengchi University †
Tunghai University †
International Christian University †
Yamanashi Gakuin University
Kyushu University
Rikkyo University
Sophia University †
The University of Tokyo †
Waseda University †
Dongguk University
Ewha Womans University
Kyung Hee University †
Seoul National University †
University of Seoul
Yeungnam University
Yonsei University †
South Asia
Ahmedabad University
Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
Southeast Asia
Chiang Mai University
Mahidol University International College
Thammasat University