AsiaPacific Rim Universities and Internationalization

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Asia-Pacific Rim Universities and
Internationalization
Hao Ping Vice President Peking University
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• Contents
• Project
• Internationalization in China
• Research in APRU Universities
• Impact on Universities

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• Project
• Internationalization of APRU Universities the
  Local Practice and Future Development
• June, 2002 June, 2004
• Co-sponsored With University of Southern
  California

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• Objectives
• Having APRU members know each others current
  internationalization strategies
• Learning from one another of their best
  practices
• Increasing collaboration among APRU members

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• Problems
• Growing pressure of outside demands
• - Market
• - State
• - Society
• Challenges
• - Regional development
• - Mobilization of scientific and technological
  knowledge
• - Training of human resources for the global
  economy

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Surveys 132 surveys from 21 universities
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132 surveys from 21 universities - 113 from
various disciplines (law, business, engineering,
veterinary medicine, agricultural and
environmental sciences, and humanities) - 19
university-wide surveys - 40 were selected at the
workshop at Peking University in February, 2004
(Co-organized by the University of Southern
California and Peking University)
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• Conclusion
• Internationalization is an important factor for
  development
• - To improve the universitys or schools
  international competitiveness
• - To increase opportunity for international
  cooperation
• Approaches and Strategies to Internationalization
• - Developing international colleges to train
  world leaders
• Waseda University, for example
• - Having students travel abroad
• University of Sydney, for example
• - Offering attractive programs for international
  students

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• Internationalization in China
• Since the late 1970
• First, sending students out and inviting scholars
• Now, more autonomy for Chinese universities
• - To decide the forms and modes of
  internationalization
• - To decide strategic planning for
  internationalization

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• Peking University, for example
• - More than 200 agreements
• More than 500 delegations and over 50,000
  foreign guests from year 2002 to 2004
• - 1600 long term foreign students each year
• - 60 long term foreign experts each year
• - 300 short term experts each year
• - Joint teaching programs
• Stanford University
• University of California
• Cornell University
• Waseda University

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• Research in APRU Universities
• Strategic plan with multiple involvement and
  capacity-building
• For example
• Australian Mekong Resource Center, University of
  Sydney
• - Collaborative policy-oriented research in
  Mekong Region
• Peking University
• - 15 joint research labs with international
  cooperation in
• hi-tech and biochemistry
• - Joint information and library service trough
  Internet

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• Impact on universities by economic globalization
• Increasing demand for higher education in China
• - Rapid economic growth
• - Significant increase of family income
• - Joining the WTO
• More expectation to universities
• - To be more productive in scientific research
• - To be more responsive to the social needs
• More responsibilities for universities
• - To transmit traditional culture and values
• - To promote the multiplicity of human
  civilization in the world
• Internal structure change
• - To be competitive
• - To be international
• - To be cooperative

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Common theme for Chinese and Australian
universities To be international while to keep
uniqueness.
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Thank you!