Membership
· A candidate university shall submit an application. The permanent secretariats will conduct a qualification review. If qualified, the application shall be considered jointly by the permanent presidencies and the rotating presidency. The approval of such application will make the applicant university an observer.
· Having been the observer for one year, the candidate university shall give a report at the General Assembly applying for formal membership.
· Top-notch universities’ * applications, after secretariats’ approval for qualification review, shall be submitted to the General Assembly directly.
*Those ranking top 500 overall, or top 200 in a certain area in the QS,THE,USNEWS,TIMES will be considered as top-notch universities