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ACT (Asian Culture Transfer)
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Our mission
Recognizing the growing importance of the Asian business sector, the Asian Culture Transfer program (ACT) aims to build and foster relationships between students from Asian universities and students from the University of St. Gallen.
During the program, which lasts three weeks, both countries will have the opportunity to visit and get to know each other. Apart from various social activities in both countries the forty participants will take part in several workshops and company visits. Doing so, the participants will not only gain insight into different economical issues but furthermore into different ways of living and working together. The four pillars the ACT program is built on are cultural differences in economy, education, society and politics. Taking part in the ACT program will help the participants to gain a deeper insight into two diverse cultures and thus encourage a unique understanding for each other.
ACT first started in 1998, organizing an exchange project with the Hitotsubashi University of Tokyo. Since then, ACT has visited universities in Singapore, China, India, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea. In the last few years, the program has taken place in collaboration with St. Xaviers College in Mumbai (2006), with the Tokyo Intercollegiate Culture Transfer (TIC) uniting six universities in Tokyo (2007), with the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2008) and most recently with the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates. Last year ACT was able to get on of the leading universities of China for its program, the Tsinghua University in Beijing. For photos of the ACT 2010 and ACT 2011 please visit Past Events.
Our patrons
 | Prof. Dr. Li Choy Chong is a professor for business studies with a special focus on International Management in South-East Asia. Additionally Prof. Dr. Li Choy Chong is the director of the “Asia Research Centres” (ARC) at the university of St. Gallen. |
 | Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Dubs is a professor for business education at the university of St. Gallen. He teaches on business studies with an emphasis on development assistance in Africa and Asia. |
 | Prof. Dr. Klaus Spremann is the director of the “Swiss Institute for Banks and Finance” and represents the university of St. Gallen in Singapore in all its academic interests. Professor Spremann has been a great supporter of the Asian Culture Transfer since its foundation. |
Our partneruniversity
At the moment we are looking for a partner university in Southeast Asia. If you are a student’s organization of an Asian university and want to participate in an exchange, just contact us via mail: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! .
Supported by
The ACT program is supported by “Presence Switzerland”. Presence Switzerland is an office of the federal administration and as a unit it is part of the General Secretariat of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Presence Switzerland is responsible for implementing the Federal Council's strategy on Switzerland's communication abroad. Presence Switzerland encouraged ACT to choose Southeast Asia as our preferred region of partnership.
