President Lih J. Chen Elected As the Chairperson of AEARU
President Chen presenting a gift to President Matsumoto of Kyoto University
President Chen attended the 1st Symposium on the Culture of Chinese Character with former NTHU President Chao-Shiuan Liu
Representatives of 17 member universities
Representing NTHU, President Lih J. Chen along with Senior Vice President Da-Hsuan Feng and Secretary General Mao-Jiun Wang attended the 17th Annual General Meeting and the 29th Board of Directors Meeting of the Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) held in Kyoto University on December 14th, 2011.
AEARU is a regional organization established in 1996 with the goal of promoting academic exchange and cooperation among major research universities in East Asia. The Association is also constructing networks through which member universities can communicate and cooperate with each other. Currently, AEARU has 17 leading research university members from 5 different areas; i.e. Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
At the last meetings, President Chen was elected the Chairperson of AEARU for 2012 and 2013. During the handover, President Chen expressed that "it is a great pleasure and high honor of mine to serve as the Chairperson of AEARU for the next two years, starting on January 1, 2012. All member universities have invested a great deal of time and effort to cultivate and strengthen cooperation and exchange within AEARU, and I hope with your support, we can find additional mechanisms that will allow us to better serve our colleagues and students on all AEARU campuses."
