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

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

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

East Asia

Hong Kong

• Lingnan University †

Mainland China

• Duke Kunshan University †
• East China Normal University †
• Northeast Normal University
• NYU Shanghai
• University of Nottingham Ningbo China †
• Yuanpei College, Peking University †

Taiwan

• Fu Jen Catholic University †
• National Chengchi University †
• Tunghai University †

Japan

• International Christian University †
• Yamanashi Gakuin University
• Kyushu University
• Rikkyo University
• Sophia University †
• The University of Tokyo †
• Waseda University †

South Korea

• Dongguk University
• Ewha Womans University
• Kyung Hee University †
• Seoul National University †
• University of Seoul
• Yeungnam University
• Yonsei University †

South Asia

India

• Ahmedabad University
• Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts

Southeast Asia

Thailand

• Chiang Mai University
• Mahidol University International College
• Thammasat University