Established under the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process the Asia-Europe Institute (AEI) has successfully established itself as one of Southeast Asia’s leading institutions for social science postgraduate research and teaching. The core objective of AEI is to further develop Asia-Europe relations by providing opportunities for post-graduate studies for career advancement as well as to enhance the academic and cultural experience of students and scholars, with a view to developing in them, a better understanding of the cultures, history, politics, institutions, economics, business and legal practices of both regions. AEI is one of the institutes of University of Malaya (UM), a premier public research university in Malaysia. From 2011 to 2015 the University has been consistently ranked in the elite bracket of world’s top 200 universities by QS World Rankings.