The leaders of APRU member universities meet annually to interact on issues relating to higher education as well as the strategic direction of APRU. These discussion forums provide international platforms facilitating dialogue and exchange amongst universities, and towards developing and reviewing the overall direction and implementation of APRU’s policies and initiatives. The centerpiece of APRU’s calendar of events is the Annual Presidents Meeting. At this meeting, the presidents address issues relating to APRU’s governance and strategy and matters of strategic importance to research universities.

Recent meeting: 15th Annual Presidents Meeting Hosted by: Tsinghua University Date: April 22 - 24, 2011 The 15th Annual Presidents Meeting (APM)  was hosted by Tsinghua University from April 22 to 24, 2011 in Beijing, China.  Together with the APM, Tsinghua University also hosted a Global Summit of University Presidents (GSUP) which included presidents and chancellors from non-APRU universities. More...

13^th Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: California Institute of Technology
Date: June 28 - 30, 2009

12^th Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: Keio University
Date: June 26 - 28, 2008

11^th Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: Zhejiang University
Date: May 28 - 30, 2007

10^th Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: University of Sydney
Date: June 22 - 24, 2006

9^th Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: National University of Singapore
Date: June 30 - July 2, 2005

8^th Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: University of Chile
Date: June 23 - 25, 2004

Special Presidents Meeting
(Videoconference Session)
Date: June 18 - 19, 2003

6^th Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: University of California, Berkeley
Date: June 20 - 22, 2002

5^th Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: Fudan University
Date: June 21 - 23, 2001

4^th Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: University of British Columbia
Date: June 23 - 25, 2000

3^rd Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: University of Auckland
Date: September 7 - 9, 1999

2^nd Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: Seoul National University
Date: June 23 - 25, 1998

1^st Annual Presidents Meeting
Hosted by: University of Southern California
Date: June 1 - 3, 1997