On March 26, Professor Julia Bennell, Dean of Leeds University Business School (LUBS), led a delegation to visit the School of Economics and Management (SEM) at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB). The two sides held a productive meeting in Conference Room 809 of the SEM Building, exchanging views on strengthening existing cooperation and exploring new areas of collaboration.
The delegation included Professor Iain Clacher, Vice Dean for Internationalization; Associate Professor Tony Byng, Director of Student Education in Marketing; and Ellen Wang, International Partnerships Manager. SEM department heads and internationalization staff joined the meeting in Room 809 of the SEM Building.
Professor Gu Wei, Dean of SEM, warmly welcomed the delegation and reviewed the longstanding friendly relationship between the two schools. Professor Bennell thanked SEM for its hospitality and expressed LUBS’s interest in further consolidating and expanding the partnership.
The two sides reviewed current joint programs and talked through how to make them run more smoothly and improve the student experience. They focused on planning the second USTB SEM LUBS Joint Doctoral and Young Scholars Forum, aiming to build it into a high-level academic exchange platform that also supports faculty and student mobility.
They also held preliminary discussions on possible dual-degree programs at master's and doctoral levels, including feasibility, curriculum design and implementation. The two schools reached a shared understanding on several issues and expressed a commitment to advancing the proposed activities.
The visit strengthened the basis for further cooperation in education, research and international exchange.
