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Member Universities (As of 2014)
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| Shanghai, China |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology |
| Chennai, India |
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras |
| Southampton, United Kingdom |
University of Southampton |
| Sao Paulo,Brazil |
University of Sao Paulo |
| Yokohama, Japan |
Yokohama City University |
| Yokohama, Japan |
Yokohama National University |
| Lisbon, Portugal |
University of Lisbon |
| Vancouver, Canada |
University of British Columbia |
| Busan, Korea |
Pukyoung National University |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
Istanbul Technical University |
| Alexandria, Egypt |
Alexandria University |
| Dalian, China |
Dalian University of Technology |
| Incheon, Korea |
Incheon National University |
| Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
King Abdulaziz University |
(15 universities from 12 countries)
Brief Introductions on Individual Member University
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| Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
Shanghai is located at the mouth of the Changjiang river on the east coast of Chinese continent. It is the largest commercial, trade and financial
city in China and linked to Kobe and Shimonoseki via ferry. Many kinds of western-style architecture have been preserved since 1920, of which, Shanghai Municipal
People’s Government and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation besides Huangpu River are popular sightseeing spots. More than 30,000 Japanese live in Shanghai,
comprising one of the largest Japanese communities in China. The total number of Japanese who are currently staying or visiting in Shanghai exceeds over 100,000.
In 2010, World Expo was held in Shanghai. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), directly subordinate to the Ministry of Education, was founded in 1896 as the Nang Yang Public
School. It is one of the oldest universities in China. Jiang Zemin, the former president of China is one of its famous alumni. SJTU has 38,000 students and has been many
international students from Korea, Japan, Germany and so on.
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| Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology |
Ho Chi Minh City is located on the west coast of Saigon River in the southern part of Vietnam. Formerly, it was the capital city of South Vietnam and called Saigon.
Local people still call the city by the name Saigon, rather than Ho Chi Minh. It is the largest city in the country and the hub of the nation’s economy, while Hanoi is the center of
its politics. Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology plays a leading role in research and education in Vietnam and has eleven faculties with more than 20,000 students in addition to
some 1,000 teaching and administrative staffs. Many of its alumni are active both in the country and abroad.
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| Indian Institute of Technology, Madras |
Chennai is the state capital of Tamil Nadu, a southern state in India, which used to be called "Madras."
Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, the city has been the economic and industrial center in southern India for many centuries.
It serves as a major gateway to South India, including the two major ports, Chennai and Ennore.
The Chennai Port is the second largest port of India and the largest port in the Bay of Bengal, which handles transportation of automobiles, motorcycles and
general industrial cargo, because a major part of India's automobile industry is based in and around the city thus earning it the nickname "Detroit of India."
IIT Madras was established in 1959 to locate in the city of Chennai. The institute is a residential institute with nearly 550 faculties, 8,000 students
and 1,250 administrative & supporting staff to have established itself as a premier center for teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the country.
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| University of Southampton |
| Southampton, a very historical port city, is located in the southern part of the United Kingdom. It is a home port for many cruise ships including Queen Victoria and Queen MaryⅡ.
It also gained fame as the port where the Titanic departed. The University of Southampton has over 24,000 students, making it the largest university in the south-east part of
the country. The University emphasizes on business-academia collaboration and has achieved consistently high scores for its research and education activities. It is a member of
the Russell Group of the leading research-intensive UK universities and is home to the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute. |
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| University of Sao Paulo |
| Sao Paulo, the capital of the state, is in the South-Eastern part of Brazil and the largest city in the southern hemisphere. As the center of commerce
and industry of the nation, it is linked to the seas of the world through its out port, Santos . Many Italian-, Jewish- or Japanese-Brazilian live there, and immigrants
from Asian countries including Korea are increasing in number. Ayrton Senna, a F1 driver and Sergio Echigo, a football striker are from Sao Paulo. The University of Sao Paulo (USP)
is one of the largest academic institution in Brazil and the third in Latin America. USP was founded in 1934 and has some thirty faculties and research institutes and
approximately 70,000 students studies with 20,000 teaching and administrative staffs on the wide campus.
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| Yokohama City University |
| Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan after Tokyo, with the population of over 3.5million.
It plays a leading role in Japan’s trade, science and technology, arts and culture. Yokohama City University,
appropriate for the international city of Yokohama, is dedicated to the pursuit of learning and to creating outstanding
intellectual resources. The School of Medicine offers an education for leading medical doctors, general and public health nurses,
possessing advanced specialized knowledge, technique, sense of ethics, and awareness of safety. The graduate schools offers an education
founded on advanced cross-disciplinary studies and cutting-edge research in order to extend students' practical, original research
abilities. About 4,500 students study on the campus. |
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| Yokohama National University |
| Yokohama National University (YNU) has developed with the city of Yokohama, the birthplace of cultural enlightenment
and the center of advanced industry in Japan. Holding “Be Active,” “Be Innovative, “Be Global” as its four fundamental principles,
it offers high-level education and produces quality research results in the exceptionally leafy, green campus. All education and
research conducted at YNU are based on practical knowledge so as to respond to the need of society. Its alumni play active roles in
industry, academia, local community and government.
YNU was established in 1949 by amalgamation of the Kanagawa Normal School, the Kanagawa Youth Normal School, the Yokohama College of
Economics and the Yokohama Institute of Technology. Some 10,000 students are studying on a campus with some 1,000 teaching staff. |
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| University of Lisbon |
| Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa) is the largest and most prestigious university in Portugal
and is one of Europe’s leading universities.
Heir to a university tradition that spans over seven centuries, ULisboa acquired its current status in July 2013,
following the merger of the former Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa and Universidade de Lisboa.
ULisboa brings together various areas of knowledge and has a privileged position
for facilitating the contemporary evolution of science, technology, arts and humanities.
The quality of teaching, research, innovation and culture of ULisboa is attracting an ever increasing amount of talent from around the world.
ULisboa main campus is located in the city of Lisboa, the capital and the largest city of Portugal,
whose port is the longest in the country, situated on the banks of the Tagus river.
ULisboa is committed to strengthening its capacity to act and to exercise influence
in international strategic areas, especially through the development of further partnerships
with Brazil, China and the Community of Portuguese-speaking countries. ULisboa hosted the third meeting of Port-city University League in 2008. |
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| The University of British Columbia |
Vancouver is located at the mouth of the Fraser River, the south western part of the state of British Columbia, Canada, to be the third most populous metropolitan area
in the country and the most populous in Western Canada. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and liguistically diverse cities in Canada. Since 1980's, emigrants from many coutnries of
the world have increased to make the city more ethnically and linguistically diverse, because it is well known as an urban center surrounded by nature. The largest industry is forestry and
the second-largest is tourism. Port Metro Vancouver is the busiest and largest port by tonnage in Canada, and the most diversified and the fourth by tonnnage port in North America.
UBC was established in 1908. Over 58,000 students from 140 countries have enrolled to study in the two vast campuses of Vancouver and Okanagan, to enjoy good relationship with other
local universities, and to access substantial facilities.
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| Pukyoung National University |
Pukyong National University has been evaluated as the best university to innovate undergraduate educational systems in forty four universities in
Korea, since it successfully unified local national universities for the first time in the country. With excellent human resources, it has grown
into a leading university in Korean advanced knowledge-based society, especially in maritime affairs and fisheries or engineering.. With world-class research
performances, the university was designated as the research body in 21 national marine bioprocess projects.
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Istanbul Technical University
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Situated between Asia and Europe across the Bosporus Strait, Istanbul is a historical megacity, which was the capital of the Roman Empire and
the Ottoman Empire in the past. It was chosen to be one of the European capital of Culture for 2010.
Istanbul Technical University was established in 1773 as the third oldest technical university in the world. It has been playing a leading role in Turkey in the area
of engineering and architecture, and made great contribution to Turkey’s infrastructure development. Today, some 21,000 students are studying on five campuses. |
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| Alexandria University |
Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt after Cairo. It is a very historical port city, located in the northern
part of the country. While ninety percent of the land is desert, the Egyptian Civilization developed in Alexandria thanks to the River Nile. Alexandria is famously
called as “the Bride of the Mediterranean”.
Since its establishment in 1952, Alexandria University has been contributing to the development of education not only of Egypt but also of Arabic and African countries.
In 1960, it established Beirut Arabic University in Lebanon, and is currently working on the establishment of branches in Sudan and Chad. |
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| Dalian University of Technology |
| Dalian, located in the east coast of Eurasia, the southern tip of Liaodong Peninsula in northeast China, with Bohai Sea verging to the northwest and
Yellow Sea to the southeast, is one of the most open cities in East Asia. Acknowledged to be one of the most tourist-friendly and inhabitable cities
in China, Dalian is also northeast China’s main external gateway. In addition, it is an important international shipping center and logistics center,
and a center of business, trade, information and tourism. Dalian University of Technology (DUT) is a key national university under the direct jurisdiction
of the Chinese Ministry of Education. As a multi-disciplined university, DUT concentrates on science and technology, and covers economics, management,
applied liberal arts, foreign languages and social sciences as well. There are graduate school, 7 faculties and 5 colleges with 32,000 full-time students.
DUT has been active in academic exchange and cooperation both home and abroad. It has more than 150 international partner institutions of higher
education or scientific research in more than 20 different countries and regions. |
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| Incheon National University |
| Incheon, a gateway to Northeast Asia that holds both an international port and an international airport, is located in the mid-west of Korea, abutting
the Yellow Sea. Its port showed the most active global trade among Korean ports, which is driving the development of the Korean economy and regional
industries. Incheon National University is the only comprehensive university in Songdo, the core of the Incheon Free Economic Zone(IFEZ) which is the
most attractive economic zone at Incheon Metropolitan City. The university continuously indicates enthusiastic efforts to develop the innovative education
and research programs, which promise the fame of the global leading universities. Five specialized education programs such as International Commerce &
Logistics, Urban Science, Regional Humanities, Intelligent System Fusion Research, and Bio-sciences, are selected as the challenging studies to
foster future leaders of the Northeast Asian Era. The university is concentrating in reestablishment an research institute that deals with the fields of
logistics, policy, environment and ecology, and urban regeneration in the port city, which contributes to the prosperity of Port-city Universities League |
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| King Abdulaziz University |
| Jeddah “Bride of the Red Sea” is a Saudi city located (21.5433° N, 39.1728° E) on the eastern coast of the Red Sea with estimated population
around 5 million. The history dates back to around 3000 years. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has included Jeddah in the world’s heritage list. Its sustainable
growth depends upon one of the modern and busiest ports of KSA. It has grown during the last two decades as a center for business, gateway to the two holly cities,
sustainable economic growth, environment friendly, rich of history, a dynamic international prospective, fosters growth of people and business, equitable and prospering
and a leading tourist and international business destination. King Abdulaziz University (KAU) located in Jeddah, carries the name of the establisher of KSA, established
in 1967 as a national university with the aim to provide higher education in the western part of the Country. It started its first year in 1968 with 68 male and 30 female
students. A year after, College of Economics and Management was inaugurated, followed by the college of Arts and Human Sciences. Since than, it has progressed in all
dimensions, pioneer in offering higher education. Presently, KAU consists of about 36 faculties, institutes and colleges and 26 research centers, 22 scientific chairs
encompassing all spheres of life with 160,000 male and female students. The Deanship of Distant Teaching is also established to cope with the development in learning and
teaching pedagogies. Faculty of Maritime Studies (FMS) started as a department of Faculty of Marine Sciences in 2003 and became an independent faculty in 2011. It is one
the most effective faculty, providing conducive and innovative MET environment to produce Saudi seafarers and surveyors to fly the Saudi flag. |
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