AUAA executive directors meeting held at Emirates University
In the presence of representatives from 9 Asian universities and with the remote participation of 6 universities, the work of the executive meeting of the "AUA Alliance of Asian Universities" was launched at the Emirates Arab University United in the city of Al Ain.
Dr. Ghaleb Al-Buraiki, Acting Rector of the Emirates University - CEO of the 2022-2023 session of the Alliance of Asian Universities, explained that this course aims to transform achieve a better life by finding innovative solutions to the challenges of humanity and the planet.” He pointed out that the UAEU continues to encourage and support research. The joint research cooperation program between Asian universities and the fellowship program funded by the Alliance Fund. During the meeting, the student exchange program was resumed, which was suspended due to the pandemic, as we believe that talented students are the scholars of the future.
It was decided during the meeting that the framework for the current session 2022-2023 be two-dimensional, as it includes the first dimension, a. The most prominent topics that will be focused on are: artificial intelligence, data science, Asian civilizations, energy and sustainability. The third dimension I am the units that You will work on these topics, including: transferring students between member institutions of the alliance, research cooperation, as well as Work to increase access to educational resources among member institutions to develop leading talents in the future. for. The alliance will serve as a platform for an innovative collaborative system between the academic, governmental and industrial circles, and the UAE University will supervise it. On the activities of the coalition for the next period, which starts from November 2022 and ends in the fourth month of 2023.
The first session of the meeting dealt with reviewing the reports of the programs of the Alliance of Asian Universities for the year 2022-2023, such as the study abroad program. about artificial intelligence in education, and the program for planning the transportation of goods and logistics services, and about water resource policy and management, and the academic conference on learning in The post-Covid era -19, and the Tenth Asian Research Conference, in addition to reviewing the results of the academic conference on the exchange of Asian civilizations and the smooth flow of trade. During the first session, they participated in the future of energy and prospects for Asian higher education.
In the second session, the participants reviewed the development of a vision and framework for the Alliance of Asian Universities for the coming period for the years 2023-2026, as well as the proposed revisions. For the work framework of the alliance for the period from 2020-2023, a comprehensive presentation was presented on the development of joint/dual scientific programs between the member universities,
It is worth noting that the Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) was established on April 19, 2017, with an announcement from the Chinese Chenghua University, which includes 15 universities. To unify the vision and joint efforts to face future challenges and discuss best practices and policies to advance higher education and promote scientific research. in the Asian continent. The role of the UAE University, since the establishment of this alliance, has been distinguished in research and academic cooperation on topics of strategic importance to countries. Such as space sciences, transportation, energy, water, technology, and others.