On April 22, Wei Gu, Dean of the School of Economics and Management (SEM) at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), led a delegation to the School of Economics and Management at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) for a research and exchange visit.
The delegation was received by Qunwei Wang, Dean of NUAA's School of Economics and Management, and Vice Deans Naiming Xie, Donglan Zha, and Linhan Ouyang, who attended the discussion.
Wang welcomed Gu and his delegation and outlined NUAA SEM's initiatives and achievements in talent development, academic discipline development, educational and teaching reform, and scientific research. He also shared his perspectives on the positioning and future development of schools of humanities and social sciences within science and engineering universities.
Gu presented USTB SEM's development history, disciplinary framework, research, and international professional accreditations. He spoke highly of NUAA SEM's notable achievements in applications for grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and in research team development, expressing his hope for further exchanges and mutual learning.
The two schools held in-depth discussions on discipline development, talent cultivation, research, and institutional capacity building. Both sides agreed to use the visit as an opportunity to strengthen communication and coordination, deepen inter-school collaboration, and advance innovative talent cultivation, organized research, and reforms in departmental and institute structures and management, with the aim of fostering mutual support and shared development.
Relevant representatives from NUAA SEM's Department of Management Science and Engineering and Experimental Information Center attended the meeting. Faculty members responsible for the Department of Information Systems and Data Science, the Department of Engineering Management and Technical Economics, the Experimental Information Center, and the Office of Research and Discipline Development at USTB SEM also participated in the visit.
