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Background of AUN/SEED-Net
AUN/SEED-Net (ASEAN University Network/Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network) was officially established as an autonomous subnetwork of ASEAN University Network (AUN) in April 2001, according to the initiatives of former Japanese Prime Ministers H.E. Mr. Hashimoto and Mr. Obushi at the ASEAN-Japan and ASEAN-Plus-Three Summit Meetings. The Network consists of 19 leading institutions from 10 ASEAN countries with support of 11 leading Japanese supporting universities. It is mainly funded by the Japanese Government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and partially supported by the ASEAN Foundation. AUN/SEED-Net activities are implemented by the Secretariat with support of JICA Project for AUN/SEED-Net, with the Secretariat Office at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Objectives
For sustainable development of ASEAN, AUN/SEED-Net aims at promoting human resource development in engineering in ASEAN for equal academic advancement and provision of educational and technical assistance to less advanced engineering institutions and intra-regional collaboration and solidarity between academics and professionals through cross-border, region-wise development of engineering education and research capacities.

Missions
1. Upgrading faculty qualification through acquisition of graduate degrees

2. Enhancing host graduate programs

3. Promoting joint activities and human linkage through networking programs like collaborative research, fieldwise seminars, website, database, alumni network, etc.

Strategy
To achieve the goal of sustainable development, each Member Institutions (MIs) shall produce master's or doctoral graduates in engineering field with international competitiveness. A consortium of engineering graduate schools then was established by bringing together leading manpower from MIs and Japanese Supporting Universities (JSUs). Nine engineering fields were identified with one MI assigned to host each field, like the regional hub of the field. The Host Institutions (HIs) have to train young graduates and faculty staff from other MIs to acquire higher degrees through Master's Degree Program and Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program with academic support of JSUs.

JSUs, headed by a Field Coordinating University in charge of each engineering field, have to help HIs in joint thesis research supervision of AUN/SEED-Net students through Collaborative Research Program. They also train outstanding graduates and faculty staff from MIs in ASEAN to acquire doctoral degrees in Japan through Doctoral Degree Program in Japan.

All graduate degree programs and supporting programs are sponsored mainly by JICA.

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