Full members (Academicians), hereinafter referred to as "Academicians" of the Asian Academy of Sciences, are elected from among the associate members of the AASC by decision of the AASc Presidium, if at least 2/3 of the members of the AASc Presidium voted for the applicant.

 AASc academicians are selected from among renowned scientists, mainly from Asian countries, as well as from other countries of the world, who have made outstanding contributions to the development of world science and technology. Candidates for the title of academician can be:

• Laureates of the First AASc “World Talent” Award and Nobel Laureates;
• Academicians of National Academies of different countries;
• Winners of the Second and Third AASc Awards;
• Professor;
• Doctors of Sciences and PhD with scientific and technical achievements awarded by the prestigious awards of the United Nations, UNESCO, the International Scientific Council, TWAS, WOSCO SWB, National Academies of Sciences of Asian countries, the most reputable Universities in the world, etc.;
• PhD with the Hirsch index (H-index)> 15;
• Inventors with more than 100 patents, making a significant contribution to the development of science and technology;
• For the People's Republic of China, outstanding scientists with the status of winner of the National Program for the Introduction of Top-Level Talents, categories "A", “B” and “C” can also apply for the title of academician of the AASc;
• Scientists who meet the above criteria and are not associate members of the AASc must be represented simultaneously by three AASC academicians;
• The laureates of the First AASc “World Talent” Prize and the Nobel Prize Laureates are elected by the AASC Academicians on the basis of their application form and the approval of the Presidium by a simple majority of votes out of turn;
• The primary selection of candidates for AASc Academicians is carried out by election commissions in various fields of science and technology, created and approved by the decision of the AASc Presidium as part of the Scientific Sections of the AASc;
• Each year, the Presidium distributes quotas for the number of vacancies for the election of AASc academicians in each scientific field separately;
• If the number of approved applicants exceeds the quota set by the Presidium, the Bureau of the Presidium approves the queue of applicants. Applicants whose turn did not fall within the limits of the approved quota for the current year are postponed to the next year's elections;
• Selected AASc Academicians are awarded Academic diplomas and a gold - plated badge of the established AASc pattern;
• All AASc Academic diplomas are numbered, they are assigned a personal QR code and they are entered into the AASc registry;
• The candidate for election as a member of the AASc provides the election commission with copies of documents, the list of which is approved by the AASc Presidium;
• Elected AASc Academicians have the privileges listed in the AASc Charter  and pay annual membership fees from the date of their election as academicians, in an amount approved by the AASc Presidium;
• Selected AASc Academicians enjoy benefits, including financial ones, established by the AASc Presidium, such as exemption from registration fees for participation in AASc conferences and other forums, when publishing manuscripts in AASc journals and scientific collections;
• Selected AASc Academicians publish their manuscripts in AASc journals and scientific collections without prior scientific review and have the right to submit to AASc journals the manuscripts of other scientists, no more than one manuscript in one issue of one journal title.