Association of Pacific Rim Universities

Association of Pacific Rim Universities

Partnering for the Pacific
Abbreviation	APRU
Formation	1997 (1997)
Founder	UC Berkeley, UCLA, California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) and the University of Southern California.
Type	NGO
Purpose	Educational Diplomacy
Headquarters	Hong Kong
Location	Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Unit 902, Cyberport 2, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong
Region served	Asia Pacific Rim
Members	62 research universities
Interim Chair	Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland
Chief Executive	Professor Thomas Schneider
Website	apru.org

The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) is a consortium of 64 universities in 20 economies of the Pacific Rim. Formed in 1997,¹ APRU fosters collaboration between member universities, researchers, and policymakers contributing to economic, scientific and cultural advancement in the Pacific Rim. Its international secretariat is located at Cyberport in Hong Kong.

Institution	Country/Region
Adelaide University	Australia
Australian National University	Australia
University of Melbourne	Australia
University of Queensland	Australia
University of Sydney	Australia
Universiti Brunei Darussalam	Brunei
Simon Fraser University	Canada
University of British Columbia	Canada
University of Alberta	Canada
University of Chile	Chile
University of Concepción	Chile
Fudan University	China
Nanjing University	China
Peking University	China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China
Southern University of Science and Technology	China
Sun Yat-sen University	China
Tongji University	China
Tsinghua University	China
University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences	China
University of Science and Technology of China	China
Xi'an Jiaotong University	China
Zhejiang University	China
Universidad San Francisco de Quito	Ecuador
Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
University of Indonesia	Indonesia
Keio University	Japan
Kyushu University	Japan
Nagoya University	Japan
University of Osaka	Japan
Tohoku University	Japan
Waseda University	Japan
University of Malaya	Malaysia
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education	Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico	Mexico
University of Auckland	New Zealand
University of the Philippines	Philippines
Far Eastern Federal University	Russia
Nanyang Technological University	Singapore
National University of Singapore	Singapore
Korea University	South Korea
KAIST	South Korea
Pohang University of Science and Technology	South Korea
Pusan National University	South Korea
Seoul National University	South Korea
Yonsei University	South Korea
National Taiwan University	Taiwan
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Taiwan
Chulalongkorn University	Thailand
University of California, Davis	United States
University of California, Irvine	United States
University of California, Los Angeles	United States
University of California, Riverside	United States
University of California, San Diego	United States
University of California, Santa Barbara	United States
University of California, Santa Cruz	United States
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	United States
University of Michigan	United States
University of Oregon	United States
Central Christian University	Malawi
University of Southern California	United States
University of Washington	United States
VinUniversity	Vietnam

Reference:²

The Steering Committee 2024–2025 is made up of 15 members, each of whom are chancellors, vice-chancellors or presidents of APRU universities, or staff from the APRU International Secretariat:³

• Dawn Freshwater – Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland; Interim Chair, APRU
• Joy Johnson, President and Vice-Chancellor, Simon Fraser University; Interim Vice-chair, APRU
• Kohei Itoh, President, Keio University
• Teck Hua Ho, President, Nanyang Technological University Singapore
• Tan Eng Chye, President, National University of Singapore
• Honglim Ryu, President, Seoul National University
• Kuiling Ding, President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• David Garza, President, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Xiang Zhang, President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
• Deborah Terry AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Queensland
• Rosa Deves, Rector, Universidad de Chile
• Gary May, Chancellor, University of California, Davis
• Pradeep Khosla, Chancellor, University of California, San Diego
• Carol Folt, President, University of Southern California

Gene Block – Former Chancellor, UCLA

Rocky Tuan - Former Vice-Chancellor and President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Headed by the Chief Executive, the APRU International Secretariat coordinates the agenda and programs of APRU. The Secretariat also plays an instrumental role in driving APRU's communications and global outreach. The Secretariat is currently based in Hong Kong and located at the Cyberport.

• Prof. Thomas Schneider, Chief Executive
• Albert Chan, Director of Administration and Finance
• Christina Maria Schönleber, Chief Strategy Officer
• Adriana Rojas, Senior Director, Networks and Students Programs
• Benjamin Zhou, Program Manager
• David Guillermo Quimbayo G., Program Officer
• Jackie Wong, Director, Communications and Engagement
• Joey Chu, Senior Manager, Events
• Vini Damayanti, Communications and Administrative Officer
• Eric Chu, Executive Manager
• Ellen Yau, Manager of Administration and Finance