Asian Universities Alliance

Asian Universities Alliance (AUA)
FormationApril 29, 2017 (2017-04-29)
Founded atTsinghua University, Beijing, China
HeadquartersTsinghua University
Membership15 Asian Universities
President
WANG Xiqin (President, Tsinghua University)
Executive President
Ghaleb Ali AlHadrami AlBreiki (Acting Vice Chancellor, United Arab Emirates University)
Websitewww.asianuniversities.org

The Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) is a university alliance comprising 15 member institutions across Asia. Initiated at Tsinghua University in March 2016 and founded on 29 April 2017, through its platform AUA aims to cooperatively address regional and global challenges relating to higher education as well as economic, scientific and technological development. The Presidency is currently held by Tsinghua University and the current Executive Presidency for 2021–22 is Universiti Malaya. The Secretariat is permanently hosted by Tsinghua University.