In order to further strengthen the University’s “Double First-Class” development, continuously advance its internationalization strategy, deepen educational openness to the outside world, and expand its international influence and visibility, University President Yang Renshu led a delegation to the United Kingdom and France from June 11 to 18. During the visit, the delegation visited De Montfort University and the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, the Amiens campus of UniLaSalle Polytechnic Institute in France, and the headquarters of UNESCO, where they met with leaders from several universities and schools and engaged in in-depth discussions on talent cultivation, research collaboration, and cultural exchange. Gu Wei, Dean of the School of Economics and Management, accompanied the delegation on the visit.
De Montfort University, the University of Leeds, and the Amiens campus of UniLaSalle Polytechnic Institute, and held in-depth exchanges with these institutions. While in Leicester, the delegation also visited Academician Dong Hongbiao, a distinguished alumnus of the University and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom, and had a cordial exchange with him on the University’s development initiatives. At the University of Leeds, the delegation held meetings with the Business School and the School of Chemical and Process Engineering. Yang Renshu introduced the University’s recent progress and achievements in education and development, expressing the hope that both sides would focus on their respective disciplinary strengths and research teams, further explore cooperation models, broaden channels of collaboration, and jointly promote exchange and development in their areas of advantage.
Building bridges and promoting dialogue. The delegation also visited the headquarters of UNESCO, where they held discussions with Lidia Arthur Brito, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences of UNESCO, and Hu Shaofeng, Director of the Division of Science Policy and Basic Sciences in UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector. Yang Renshu noted that the University hopes to fully leverage its distinctive strengths to assist UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector in implementing the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development, and to carry out substantive cooperation. During the meeting, both sides discussed issues related to open science and opportunities for scientific and technological talent to take positions in international organizations.
During the visit, the delegation also organized a doctoral student exchange forum in France, aimed at further strengthening communication between the University and outstanding overseas talent. More than 30 doctoral students and distinguished scholars from institutions such as Sorbonne University, Université Paris Cité, and Paris-Saclay University attended the event. Yang Renshu stated that the forum had created an open, cooperative, and mutually beneficial platform for exchange.
This overseas visit further deepened the ties between the University, the School, and well-known overseas universities, and also achieved new progress in discipline development, research collaboration, student exchange, and talent cultivation. As this year marks the University’s “Year of Internationalization,” the School will continue, under the guidance of relevant University departments, to advance the “Bridge Project,” “Seed Project,” and “Zhiyou Project,” further improve the overall mechanism for international development, actively explore joint student training programs with overseas universities, accelerate the School’s internationalization process, and contribute to cultivating high-quality talents with international vision and competitiveness.
Source: USTB News
Editor: Qiang Jun
Reviewed by: Yang Zhida
