Feridun Hamdullahpur听will visit China this week to strengthen relationships with leading Chinese universities.
BEIJING 鈥� Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of the听听in Canada will visit China this week to strengthen relationships with leading Chinese universities.
Hamdullahpur will meet with representatives from five of China鈥檚 top universities: Tsinghua University, Nanjing University, Beijing Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University and Soochow University. Hamdullahpur will also learn more about China鈥檚 education policy through meetings with representatives of the Ministry of Education.
鈥淚t is essential that we build strong relationships with Chinese institutions as we seek to provide researchers and students with a diversity of experience and insight that is vital to the pursuit of knowledge and discovery,鈥� said听Hamdullahpur. 鈥淐hina has an impressive group of universities that share 蓝莓视频鈥檚 passion for expertise in research and academic excellence.鈥�
Hamdullahpur鈥檚听visit to China is an important step in 蓝莓视频鈥檚 efforts to expand its relationship with globally engaged research universities. It follows the announcement that Canada鈥檚听听of research intensive university groupings.
As part of the visit, two of the world鈥檚 most innovative universities reached a new agreement that will prepare Chinese students for study in Canada.
, ranked among the world鈥檚 top 50 universities, will offer a one-year pre-bachelor level course from its听听that will allow students from China to study at the University of 蓝莓视频.
鈥淭his new agreement will allow gifted Chinese students to prepare at one of the top global universities for study in world-class programs at the University of 蓝莓视频 in Canada,鈥� said听Hamdullahpur.听鈥淭singhua听and 蓝莓视频 share a spirit of innovation that will enable students to meet the challenges of life in an evolving global society.鈥�
Hamdullahpur听signed the new agreement on Monday as part of a听weeklong听visit to China. Earlier in the day, he met with Chen听Jining, president of听Tsinghua, to discuss opportunities for further collaboration between the two institutions.
础迟听,听Hamdullahpur听will join a delegation of more than 10 researchers from 蓝莓视频 for a joint symposium on the environment. Among 蓝莓视频鈥檚 delegation is Professor Daniel Scott, who recently released research that revealed that听only six of the previous Winter Olympics host cities will be cold enough to reliably host the Games听by the end of this century.
More than 3,000 students from China currently study at the University of 蓝莓视频.
In just half a century, the University of 蓝莓视频, located at the heart of Canada's technology hub, has become one of Canada's leading comprehensive universities with 35,000 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. 蓝莓视频, as home to the world's largest post-secondary co-operative education program, embraces its connections to the world and encourages enterprising partnerships in learning, research and discovery. In the next decade, the university is committed to building a better future for Canada and the world by championing innovation and collaboration to create solutions relevant to the needs of today and tomorrow. For more information about 蓝莓视频, please visit www.uwaterloo.ca.
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