Formation | 2017 |
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Type | Nonprofit organisation |
Headquarters | Hong Kong |
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Membership | 29 |
Website | aalau |
Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities | |||
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Chinese name | |||
Traditional Chinese | 亞洲博雅大學聯盟 | ||
Simplified Chinese | 亚洲博雅大学联盟 | ||
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Korean name | |||
Hangul | 아시아리버럴아츠대학연합 | ||
Japanese name | |||
Kanji | アジアリベラルアーツ大学連合 |
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Because university rankings have not been able to present teaching quality for a long time,15 of universities with similar visions and characteristics have formed the alliance. [2]
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