China, UK Universities in talks for academic research partnership
April 23rd, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANIBeijing, Apr 23 (ANI): China’s Tsinghua University is likely to establish a closer relationship with the prestigious Oxford University, according to a new agreement signed by the universities.
The universities will conduct academic research projects and facilitate exchanges of faculty and students in the next five years, as per the agreement.
The two universities will also co-host seminars and workshops, making academic materials and publications more accessible to faculties and students at the two universities, the China Daily reports.
Andrew Hamilton, vice-chancellor of Oxford, said the university has made many contributions to communication between the United Kingdom and China, such as offering short-term training programs to about 3,000 senior Chinese government officials in recent years.
Hamilton made the remarks while attending a ceremony, where he received an honorary doctorate from Gu Binglin, president of Tsinghua University.
According to Hamilton, China has become increasingly important to Oxford as the campus is now home to about 750 Chinese students, which is about 4 percent of the student population.
“China has become the third biggest source of students following the United Kingdom and United States,” he said.
In addition, Oxford has also set up some scholarships to support more Chinese students in their studies and research at the university and to send more UK students to Chinese universities.
“As a big brother, I will take great pleasure in the coming years in watching Tsinghua University grow and strengthen to become as tall and old as Oxford,” said Hamilton. (ANI)
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