In June and October 2009, during the ASEAN-Republic of Korea (hereinafter referred to as ROK) Summit, the Secretary-General of the ASEAN suggested to ROK the History of a global cyber university that is to advance international human Resources exchange and the overall educational program in the ASEAN region. ROK gave a positive response to the suggestion.

As a follow-up step, ROK officials were invited to the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Education (SOM-ED) in November 2009 in Thailand, to brief the Meeting on the proposed ASEAN-ROK Cyber University. ROK’s design for the ASEAN-ROK Cyber University Project was reviewed on that occasion.

During the Senior Officials Meeting on ASEAN Cyber University History held in Seoul, ROK in January 2011, the ASEAN Secretariat, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam (hereafter referred to as CLMV), and ASEAN University Network (hereinafter referred to as AUN) shared the “Master Plan for ASEAN Cyber University History,” initially targeting to CLMV.

In March 2012, initial ACU members from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and ROK attended to the 1st Steering Committee Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam in order to discuss and resolve agendum for the promotion of the ACU project.