Tunghai University

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Tunghai University (Taiwan)

Tunghai University (THU; traditional Chinese: 東海大學; simplified Chinese: 东海大学) is the oldest private university in Taiwan established in 1955, founded by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA). The first president, Beauson Tseng, said “Pioneering will be our watchword”, hoping that Tunghai will become an outstanding and innovative university. Tunghai became the first university in Taiwan to introduce Liberal General Education, POYA School, universal AI education, AWS powered innovation school and the first in Central Taiwan to establish a Chinese Language Center. The university is known for its beautiful campus, Liberal Arts Education, and universal Artificial Intelligence curriculum. According to Times Higher Education’s Impact Rankings 2020, the university is rated as the most impactful private university in Taiwan and 3rd in the country.

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Chiba University

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Chiba University (Japan)

Chiba University (千葉大学, Chiba Daigaku) and it is also abbreviated as Chibadai (千葉大) is a national university in the city of Chiba, Japan. It offers Doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University. The university was formed in 1949 from existing educational institutions in Chiba Prefecture, and over a period of years absorbed Chiba Medical University (1923-1960), a preparatory department of the Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Chiba Normal School (1872-1951), Tokyo Polytechnic High School (1914-1951), Chiba Horticultural High School, among others. Chiba University was reincorporated in 2010 under the National University Corporation Act. Chiba University has been ranked 168th on the Asia University Rankings 2019 Top 100 by “The Times Higher Education”.

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Aoyama Gakuin University

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Aoyama Gakuin University (Japan)

Aoyama Gakuin University (Japanese: 青山学院大学, Hepburn: Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku, AGU) is a private university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as part of Aoyama Gakuin. Aoyama Gakuin University celebrated its 140-year anniversary in 2014 and is one of Japan’s oldest higher education facilities. Aoyama Gakuin University has been champion of the prestigious Hakone Ekiden five times in the last six years (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020).

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Sogang University

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Sogang University (South Korea)

Sogang University (SU, Hangul: 서강대학교 Hanja: 西江大學校, literally “West River University”) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. It was established in 1960 by the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus. Sogang is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in South Korea. Admission to Sogang University is highly selective and competitive in South Korea. Sogang’s freshman intake belongs to the top 1% of their high school academic performance in the country, and the university is widely regarded as the top private university and one of the most prestigious elite schools in South Korea.

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Taipei Medical University (Taiwan)

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Taipei Medical University (Taiwan)

Taipei Medical University (TMU; Chinese: 臺北醫學大學; pinyin: Táiběi Yīxué Dàxué) in Taiwan is located in Taipei’s Xinyi District. Founded as Taipei Medical College in 1960, it was renamed as Taipei Medical University in 2000. In July 2017, Global Views Monthly Magazine released the ranking for Taiwan’s Best Universities, in which TMU was ranked 9th. In particular, TMU was ranked top 1 in both the faculty-student ratio section (1:9.9) and the average annual budget per student section. In February 2017, Cheers Magazine published the list of the Top 20 Universities of Excellence Performance. TMU was at the 10th place in overall national ranking. Moreover, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Ranking 2017, TMU was ranked as 91st place.

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Jeonbuk National University

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Jeonbuk National University (South Korea)

Jeonbuk National University was founded in 1947 under the name of Chonbuk National University, following the liberation of the Republic of Korea, by the Provincial fund within the framework of the Korean national university system; it is one of 10 Flagship Korean National Universities. JBNU has grown to 16 colleges and 14 graduate schools (one general, nine specialized and four professional graduate schools). JBNU’s Jeonju campus provides approximately 32,000 enrolled students, and 2,000 faculty and staff members with educational, research and support facilities. JBNU maintains cooperative programs with international educational institutions, and more than 500 international students are enrolled in its degree programs, in addition to around 100 international researchers.

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Monash University

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Monash University (Australia)

Monash University (/ˈmɒnæʃ/) is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a number of campuses, four of which are in Victoria (Clayton, Caulfield, Peninsula, and Parkville), and one in Malaysia. Monash also has a research and teaching centre in Prato, Italy, a graduate research school in Mumbai, India and a graduate school in Suzhou, China. Monash University courses are also delivered at other locations, including South Africa.

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Chubu University

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Chubu University (Japan)

Chubu University (中部大学, Chūbu Daigaku) is located in Kasugai, Aichi, Japan. Chubu University was established as the Chubu Institute of Technology in 1964 with the motto “Acta, non Verba” (Actions, not Words) but its institutional history begins with the Nagoya Daichi High School established in 1938. It was renamed as Chubu University in 1984, and has been subsequently expanded to comprise seven schools and six graduate schools, with about 11,000 students and twenty research institutions.

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National Chung Hsing University

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National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan)

The university was originally founded as Advanced Academy of Agronomy and Forestry in Taihoku Prefecture in 1919. In 1928, the academy became a department affiliated to Taihoku Imperial University. In 1943, the department became an independent entity again and moved to Taichū Prefecture. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the school was reorganized and became Taichung Agricultural Junior College. In 1946, it was upgraded to Taichung College of Agriculture. In 1961, it merged with the newly established College of Science and Engineering and College of Law and Business and became Chung Hsing University. In 1971, it became a national university and was named National Chung Hsing University.

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Tsukuba University

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Tsukuba University (Japan)

The University of Tsukuba (筑波大学, Tsukuba daigaku), located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, is one of top 9 Designated National University and selected as a Top Type university of Top Global University Project by the Japanese government. The university’s academic strength is in STEMM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine), physical education, and related interdisciplinary fields. It is by taking located in Tsukuba Science City which has more than 300 research institutions.The university has had three Nobel laureates (two in Physics and one in Chemistry, see also “History”), and about 70 athletes, their students and alumni, have participated in the Olympic Games.

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