International Alliance of Research Universities
The International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) was launched on 14 January 2006 as a co-operative network of 10 leading, international research-intensive universities who share similar visions for higher education, in particular the education of future leaders. The IARU Chair is elected from among the IARU Presidents for a period of 2 years. Past IARU Chairpersons: At the launch the presidents elected Professor Ian Chubb, 2005 - 2008 (Australian National University); Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, 2009 - 2012 (National University of Singapore); Professor Ralph Eichler, 2013 - 2014 (ETH Zurich); Professor Ralf Hemmingsen, 2015 - 2016 (University of Copenhagen); Professor Nicholas Dirks, 2017 (University of California, Berkeley); Chancellor Carol Christ, 2017 - 2018 (University of California, Berkeley); President Makoto Gonokami, 2018 - 2020 (University of Tokyo); Vice-Chancellor Stephen Toope, 2021-2022 (University of Cambridge); Vice-Chancellor Anthony Freeling (2022-2023). The current chairperson of IARU is Professor Daya Reddy, the Interim Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town.
In January 2016, the University of Cape Town joined as the 11th member.
Its Presidents meet annually at a host university venue to discuss joint initiatives under the following categories:
- Global education initiatives, which includes the flagship Global Summer Program Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine;
- Institutional joint networking;
- Grand Challenge, and most notably its Campus Sustainability; and,
- Research initiatives.
List of institutions
[edit]- Australian National University
- ETH Zurich
- National University of Singapore
- Peking University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Cambridge
- University of Cape Town
- University of Copenhagen
- University of Oxford
- University of Tokyo
- Yale University
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Australian National University
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ETH Zürich
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National University of Singapore
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Peking University
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University of California, Berkeley
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University of Cambridge
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University of Cape Town
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University of Copenhagen
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University of Oxford
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University of Tokyo
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Yale University
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