UCL in East Asia

UCL has many successful collaborations underway with institutions and organisations across East Asia, which incorporates China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

Find out more about regional collaborations here.

More than 3,000 students from East Asia are currently studying with UCL. We have a long and proud history of welcoming students from Japan.

Unsure which region your country of interest is in? Search our countries and UCL regions dictionary (pdf, 238KB).

Recent news:

New Resource: UCL and China

Information about UCL's historic relationship with China, plus its current partnerships and collaborations in the country. Download the UCL and China resource (pdf, 1.2MB).

UCL-PKU Strategic Partner Funds: Professor Nick Greene

UCL professors Nick Greene and Andrew Copp have teamed up with colleagues at Peking University (PKU) to help prevent one of world’s most common birth defects.

New partnership with Hong Kong University will support health, poverty and water security research

UCL has announced funding of three new research projects in partnership with Hong Kong University (HKU).

UCL-Tohoku Strategic Partner Funds launched

New funding of up to £10,000 per project is available for UCL academics collaborating with colleagues based at Tohoku University, Japan.

Regional network

UCL’s East Asia network is open to academic and professional services staff from departments across UCL interested in the region.

Led by Director Katharine Carruthers, Pro-Vice-Provost (East Asia), the network meets regularly throughout the year to discuss current and future activity.