LAOTSE (Links to Asia by Organizing Traineeship and Student Exchange) is an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia. It was established during the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) University Dialogue held in Kuala Lumpur on March 18, 1998. LAOTSE partners arrange exchange programs for students and senior lecturers, as well as organize an annual summerschool.

Participating universities includes universities from China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Republic of Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

The network is named after Laotse (pinyin: Lǎo Zi; Chinese: 老子; Wade-Giles: Lao-tz'u), a famous Taoist Chinese philosopher who is believed to have lived in approximately the 4th century BC.

Partners

China

• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Shanghai Jiaotong University
• Tongji University, Shanghai
• Tsinghua University, Beijing
• Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

Denmark

• University of Copenhagen

Egypt

• Benha High Institute Of Technology

Finland

• University of Oulu

France

• École Centrale de Lyon
• École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
• Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon
• Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

Germany

• Technical University of Munich

India

• International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Mumbai)
• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
• Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Indonesia

• Institut Teknologi Bandung

Ireland, Republic of

• University of Limerick

Japan

• Tokyo Institute of Technology
• University of Tokyo
• Keio University
• Kyushu Institute of Technology

Malaysia

• Multimedia University, Melaka & Cyberjaya

Singapore

• National University of Singapore
• Nanyang Technological University
• Singapore Institute of Management

South Korea

• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Sri Lanka

• University of Moratuwa

Thailand

• Asian Institute of Technology
• Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University
• Thammasat University

External links

• LAOTSE