Washington University at St. Louis is joining 15 Asian universities on a new global education and research program at the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
The academy will enroll exceptional graduate and professional students from the partner schools across all graduate disciplines. About 20 scholars will begin at the academy next fall.
The Asian universities participating are: Peking University in Beijing, University of Tokyo, Fudan University in Shanghai, Tsinghua University in Beijing, Yonsei University in Seoul, Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, China Agricultural University in Beijing, National University of Singapore, University of Indonesia, Seoul National University, University of Hong Kong, Korea University in Seoul, Chinese University of Hong Kong and National Taiwan University in Taipei. (Source: AsianWeek, Oct. 28, 2005).