RUAS entered into a Global Collaboration Agreement with Arizona State University (ASU), USA. 

ASU is governed by the Arizona Board of Regents, a corporate body established by the laws of the State of Arizona.

Both universities have agreed to explore collaboration possibilities with regard to:

• Identifying opportunities for the exchange of faculty and research staff
  
• Exchange and training of academic personnel through sabbaticals, short stays, seminars, courses, workshops, etc.
• Joint development of research programs and projects
• Joint development of undergraduate and graduate programs
• Exchange of information in common fields of interest 
• Exploring opportunities for student exchange, studies, and research
• Exploring opportunities to send or receive visiting students for a semester or a year
• Joint hosting of professional and academic events
• Mutually lending advice, technical support and services
• Identifying other areas of mutual interest and collaboration

In particular, the agreement aims to jointly work with the ASU Knowledge Enterprise and the W.P. Carey School of Business to develop a deeper partnership and more specific MoUs.