The United Board Fellows Program is designed to answer the needs of leadership development for mid-career faculty and administrators from Asian colleges and universities. Through this program, the United Board develops dynamic leaders committed to the advancement of whole-person education and building strong and resilient academic institutions. Since 2002, more than 365 Fellows from 85 institutions in 14 countries and regions of Asia have been selected for this program, and many have played important leadership roles in their home institutions and beyond. 

This one-year experience features a unique higher education leadership development experience with three main components - an intensive week-long Summer Leadership Institute at Singapore Management University in Singapore; a one-to-four-month placement or a two-week study trip in Asia; and a summative seminar in a major city in Asia. These three components are connected via online workshops and seminars. Fellows have opportunities to learn about:

• styles of leadership, organizational structure, and educational management and strategies;
• alternative pedagogical styles to enrich their teaching;
• developments in their academic fields; and
• self-care, ethics, and spiritual nurturance.

For more information, contact ubfellows@unitedboard.org.

2026-2027 United Board Fellows Program. The United Board is now calling for nominations for the 2026-2027 cohort. Kindly note that we will review all nominations and invite shortlisted candidates (by email) to submit a full application at a later stage.

Please note these deadlines: The deadline for nominations is November 25, 2025, and for full applications is December 20, 2025.