University Alliance of the Silk Road

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University Alliance of the Silk Road
丝绸之路大学联盟
Founded2015;9 years ago (2015)
Headquarters Xi'an Jiaotong University
Region served
Worldwide; 32 countries and regions
Membership
132 universities
Website uasr.xjtu.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 丝绸之路大学联盟
Traditional Chinese 絲綢之路大學聯盟

The University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR) is an academic arm to the People's Republic of China's One Belt, One Road foreign policy initiative. [1] The UASR is a non-profit university alliance based at Xi'an Jiaotong University, a C9 League university in Western China. [2] The mission of the UASR is to build educational collaboration and promote economic growth in countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Xi'an Jiaotong University President Wang Shuguo exchanges a pai bian signboard with Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton after signing an agreement. 4-Mei Guo Sheng Lu Yi Si Hua Sheng Dun Da Xue Qian Yue .jpg
Xi'an Jiaotong University President Wang Shuguo exchanges a pai bian signboard with Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton after signing an agreement.

The UASR was founded in 2015 with approximately 100 universities from 22 countries. [6] It currently includes 132 universities across 32 countries and regions on 5 continents. [7] The program has become a central part of the 2016 plan of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China for educational development along the Belt and Road region via student exchange and joint research. [8] [9]

Scope

The UASR was charged with supporting training, research, policy, cross-cultural understanding, and medical service. [6] The UASR includes an international alliance of law schools, which Xi'an Jiaotong president Wang Shuguo notes aims "to promote the exchanges of law among the alliance member countries and focus on legal consensus, in order to serve the Belt and Road development with legal spirit and legal culture." [10] [11] In addition, the UASR sponsors international cultural events including the UASR Educational Exhibition and Cultural Festival. [12]

Members

Group photo of the Silk Road Alliance Board of Directors 2016.4Xiao Qing Si Lu Lian Meng Li Shi Hui He Ying .jpg
Group photo of the Silk Road Alliance Board of Directors

Notable member universities include the following: [13]

Africa

Country/RegionInstitution
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Banha University
The American University in Cairo

Americas

Country/RegionInstitution
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada University of Saskatchewan
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
Flag of the United States.svg  United States California State University, Northridge
Washington University in St. Louis [7]

Asia

Country/RegionInstitution
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Beijing International Studies University
Harbin Institute of Technology
Lanzhou University
Minzu University of China
Northwest A&F University
Northwest University
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xidian University
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Iran University of Science and Technology
Razi University
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Al al-Bayt University
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Nazarbayev University
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau University of Macau
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia University of Technology Malaysia
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan National University of Sciences and Technology
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore National University of Singapore [14]
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Hanyang University
Kyungpook National University
Pusan National University [15]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Yuan Ze University
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Chiang Mai University
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Hacettepe University
Sabancı University

Europe

Country/RegionInstitution
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium University of Antwerp
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia University of Zagreb
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Tampere University of Technology
Flag of France.svg  France Centrale-Supélec
École centrale de Marseille
École des ponts ParisTech
Emlyon Business School
Neoma Business School
SKEMA Business School
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Technical University of Berlin
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Politecnico di Milano
University of Pavia
University of Torino
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland University of Gdańsk
Vistula University
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Far Eastern Federal University
ITMO University
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
National Research Nuclear University
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia [16]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom University of Aberdeen [2]
University of Liverpool [17]

Oceania

Country/RegionInstitution
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Charles Darwin University
University of New South Wales [11]
University of Queensland
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington
Waikato Institute of Technology

Physical location

The UASR is headquartered in the Xi'an Jiaotong University's China Western Science and Technology Innovation Harbor (西安交通大学中国西部科技创新港), with space designed to promote collaborations with partner universities in university-level exchanges, talent education, and scientific research, and of building international think-tanks. [18]

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