Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering

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AOTULE
Formation2007
TypeLeague of Asia-Oceania Engineering Universities
Headquarters Institute of Science Tokyo, (formerly Tokyo Institute of Technology) Flag of Japan.svg
Region
Asia and Oceania
Membership
13 Universities' Engineering Faculty, Staff and Students
Executive Chairman
University of Moratuwa, Engineering Dean,
Staff
Steering Chairman, Treasure, Secretary
Websiteunder construction

The Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering (abbreviated AOTULE, pronounced "our tool") is a league consisting of 13 engineering faculties within Asia and Oceania universities. AOTULE's mission is to improve the quality of its member's educational programs and promote research activity among members primarily through exchange of information between deans, faculty members and administration staff at its annual meeting. It also organizes graduate student research exchange programs and conferences where graduate students present their latest research results in an interdisciplinary format.

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History

The seeds for forming AOTULE began in 2006 with discussions between senior engineering faculty at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Monash University. [1] to promote graduate engineering student mobility within Asia and Oceania universities similar to the ERASMUS+ program offered by EU universities that is funded by the European commission. AOTULE was subsequently founded in 2007 at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, by holding its inaugural meeting where participating Engineering Deans signed a memorandum of understanding. Each Fall since 2007, an AOTULE member has organized and hosted the annual AOTULE student conference, administration staff and Dean's meeting as noted below.

Deans' meeting, administrative staff meeting and student conference

The annual deans', administrative staff meeting and student conference is held annually in October or November. Attendance at the annual conference is usually over 100 participants. The deans' meeting brings together Deans for discussions on topical educational programs related to the annual deans meeting theme as well as joint educational programs, degree programs, accreditation, collaborations with industry and study-abroad programming. At the administration staff meeting, staff discuss issues related to administering student exchanges and share best practices. The student conference provides students an international forum to discuss their research with a multidisciplinary student audience. Below is a summary of the AOTULE student conferences held from 2013 to the present.

List of AOTULE student conferences and deans meetings since 2019
Host institution, countryDate heldStudent conference theme
Chulalongkorn Univ., ThailandFall 2013--
HKUST, Hong KongNov. 23-25, 2016--
HUST, VietnamNov. 23-24. 2017--
IIT Madras, IndiaNov. 23-24, 2018--
Tokyo Tech, JapanNov. 25-27, 2019Actions towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia and Oceania.
not held due to COVID2020none
KAIST, KoreaNov. 10, 2021Untact Society
National Taiwan Univ., TaiwanNov. 10-11, 2022Engineering and Energy for Sustainability
Univ. Moratuwa, Sri LankaNov. 7-8, 2023Quality Engineering Education and Practices for Sustainable Development
ITB, IndonesiaNov. 6-8, 2024Engineering for Sustainability
Tsinghua Univ.Fall 2025to be decided

Student research exchanges and overseas visits

To promote student mobility, AOTULE members organize intra-AOTULE student short stays and research exchanges varying in length from one week at Chulalongkorn University to three months at Tokyo Institute of Technology. [2] These exchanges facilitate global engineering, cross-cultural competencies, foreign language learning, and research experiences by students since the majority of AOTULE members' students live in countries where English is not the native language. AOTULE members such as Tokyo Tech's School of Engineering have used AOTULE as a test bed for creating new research exchange programs that are later broaden to university-wide programs with research university partners in the USA and EU. [3] [4] [5] Recently, there has been growing numbers of double degree graduate programs signed between AOTULE member institutions to allow participating graduate students to obtain two degrees by completing graduation requirements at two institutions. This allows double degree participants an opportunity to learn more about the host country where they are studying, undertake a research project in greater depth and establish a greater network of peers than that provided by a short term exchanges.

Members

LocationUniversity or instituteParticipating organization
Australia The University of Melbourne Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
China Tsinghua University School of Aerospace Engineering
Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology School of Engineering
India Indian Institute of Technology Madras School of Engineering
Indonesia Bandung Institute of Technology Faculty of Engineering*
Japan Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly Tokyo Institute of Technology) School of Engineering, School of Environment and Society, School of Materials and Chemical Technology
Malaysia University of Malaya Faculty of Engineering
Sri Lanka University of Moratuwa Faculty of Engineering
Singapore Nanyang Technological University College of Engineering
South Korea KAIST College of Engineering
Taiwan National Taiwan University College of Engineering,

College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Thailand Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Engineering
Vietnam Hanoi University of Science and Technology Engineering Faculties**

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References

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