WPI East Asia Hub, established in July 2013, seeks to be one of the hallmarks of WPI's future competitiveness in global engagement and partnership, working closely with The Global School.
Mission
The East Asia Hub mission is to develop and implement a centralized strategy at WPI to:
- Advance on-campus and off-campus knowledge of East Asia through WPI’s project based learning curriculum as well as through programmatic offerings
- Support various on-campus extracurricular activities that will expand and enhance the experience, knowledge, skillsets, and capabilities of students, faculty, staff and the business community with respect to East Asia
- Collaborate and lead education and research programs between WPI and East Asian partners, looking at common goals, processes, and technologies by sharing resources and expertise
- Facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by supporting new research collaboration ventures between WPI faculty/staff/students and peers in East Asia
WPI’s East Asia Hub links students and faculty to opportunities for project sites, research collaboration, and intellectual and cultural exchange, with Hub activities taking place on campus and in various East Asian countries.