In 2001, the ASCE was awarded the Jean Monnet Chair of European Political Science by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Education and Culture (Higher Education: Socrates-Erasmus, Jean Monnet Project)for a three-years period. The chair holder was the Director of ASCE, Prof. Dr. Naveed Ahmed Tahir.
The Jean Monnet Project aims to support the setting up of academic initiatives in European integration studies in selected universities all over the world. It is a pilot initiative offering symbolic support to European Integration specialists with the aim of lending greater visibility to their work in the field.
Under this project, besides conducting courses on the European Union, the ASCE carried out research on European Union-related topics and also held seminars and workshops. Eminent scholars were invited to participate in these events.