APRU (the Association of Pacific Rim Universities) is a

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of 61 leading

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in 19 economies of the

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. Formed in 1997,Association of Pacific Rim Universities – History, Objectives, Strategic Framework
. Apru.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-12. APRU fosters collaboration between member universities, researchers, and policymakers contributing to

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and

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advancement in the Pacific Rim. Its headquarters, the APRU International University Centre, is located at the

Cyberport Cyberport is a business park in Southern District, Hong Kong consisting of four office buildings, a hotel, and a retail entertainment complex. It describes itself as a digital technology community with over 1,800 (800 on-site and 1,0 ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

Members

Consists of

Diliman Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou ...

Baguio Baguio ( , ), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...

, Los Baños,

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

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, and

Visayas The Visayas ( ), or the Visayan Islands (Visayan: ''Kabisay-an'', ; tl, Kabisayaan ), are one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao. Located in the central part of the archipelago, ...

campuses.

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is made up of 13 members, each of whom are chancellors, vice-chancellors or presidents of APRU universities, or staff from the APRU International Secretariat:Association of Pacific Rim Universities – Steering Committee
Apru.org. Retrieved on 2020-06-04.
Gene D. Block
— Chancellor, UCLA; chair, APRU
Rocky S. Tuan
— Vice-Chancellor and President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Vice Chair, APRU
Bundhit Eua-arporn
— President, Chulalongkorn University
Jin Taek Chung
— President, Korea University
Subra Suresh
— President, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Zhongqin Lin
— President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
David Garza
— President, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Dawn Freshwater
— Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland
Santa J. Ono
— President and Vice Chancellor, The University of British Columbia
Xiang Zhang
— President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
Deborah Terry AO
— Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Queensland
Carol Christ
— Chancellor, UC Berkeley
Aiji Tanaka
— President, Waseda University
Christopher Tremewan
— Secretary General, APRU
Sherman Cheng
— Chief Financial Officer, APRU

International Secretariat

Headed by the Secretary General, 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.
Christopher Tremewan
Secretary General
Angelique Chan
chair and Program Director, Population Aging Program
Anya Wong
Program Officer
Christina Maria Schönleber
Senior Director, Policy and Research Programs
Elaine W. Hung
Events and Relations Manager
Ellen Yau
Senior Administrative and Finance Officer
Eric Chu
Executive Assistant to the Secretary General
Jack Ng
Director, Communications
Jackie Agnello Wong
Director, Network and Student Programs
Mellissa Withers
Program Director, Global Health Program
Sherman S. Cheng
Chief Financial Officer
Takako Izumi
Program Director, Multi-Hazards Program
Tina T. Y. Lin
Senior Program Officer
Yekang Ko
Program Director, Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Program
Yong Sik Ok
chair and Program Director, Sustainable Waste Management Program
Chelsey Hawes
Program Coordinator, APWiL Mentoring Program

References

External links

Association of Pacific Rim Universities
{{APRU International college and university associations and consortia

Members

Steering Committee

International Secretariat

See also

References

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