Association of East Asian Research Universities

The Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) is an East Asian organisation comprising 19 research universities. It was established in January 1996 at the suggestion of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.^[1] The purpose of the organisation is to promote regional exchange and cooperation among member institutions, and to open a forum where leading East Asian universities may share research results.

Association of East Asian Research Universities

Formation	January 1996; 29 years ago (1996-01)
Headquarters	University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, China[n 1]
Region	East Asia
Membership	19
President	Bao Xinhe (USTC)[n 1]
Website	www.aearu.com

Association of East Asian Research Universities
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	东亚研究型大学协会
Traditional Chinese	東亞研究型大學協會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dōngyà yánjiū xíng Dàxué xiéhuì Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Dūng a yìhn gau yìhng daaih hohk hip wuih Jyutping Dung1 aa3 jin4 gau3 jing4 daai6 hok6 hip3 wui6*2
Korean name
Hangul	동아시아 연구형 대학 협회
Hanja	東아시아研究型大學協會
Japanese name
Kanji	東アジア研究型大学協会
Kana	ひがしアジアけんきゅうがただいがくきょうかい

Member universities

AEARU Members

Country/Region	Universities	Abbreviations
Mainland China	Fudan University	Fudan
	Nanjing University	Nanjing
	Peking University	PKU/Peking
	Tsinghua University	Tsinghua/THU
	University of Science and Technology of China	USTC
Hong Kong	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	HKUST
Macau	University of Macau	Macau
Taiwan	National Taiwan University	NTU/Taiwan
	National Tsing Hua University	Tsing Hua
	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	NYCU
Japan	Institute of Science Tokyo	Science Tokyo
	Tohoku University	Tohoku
	University of Osaka	UOsaka
	University of Tokyo	UTokyo
	University of Tsukuba	Tsukuba
South Korea	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	KAIST
	Pohang University of Science and Technology	POSTECH
	Seoul National University	Seoul/SNU
	Yonsei University	Yonsei

See also

• List of higher education associations and alliances
• League of European Research Universities

Notes

1. The organisation's headquarters, and correspondingly the chairperson, rotate among the member universities every two years. Therefore, the names listed are for the current period 2022–2023.