Prof. Shuang-Hua Yang, Associate Dean, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen Guandong, China called on the Vice Chancellor, Director/International Relations and Dean-Engineering on Monday, 10th December 2018 Ìýand had a very interesting discussion which is expected to lead to Ìýmutually Ìýbeneficial collaborations for both SUSTech and UOM.
SUSTech, which is a reasonably young University, has gained notable rankings, including top 8th in China and top ranking among the new Universities in Asia. It boasts of a faculty who are 100% PhD degree holders, 90% having overseas working experience and 60% having graduated and worked in the top universities of the world. SUSTech is now searching to recruit international PhD students, who already have completed a Masters Degree, and has reached to UoM which has a similar student population in terms of size and quality.
The main items which were discussed was the collaboration between the universities in :-
•ÌýÌý ÌýJoint PhD Programmes
•ÌýÌý ÌýJoint Research ProgrammesÌý
•ÌýÌý ÌýFaculty and Student exchange programmes
•ÌýÌý ÌýOpportunity for UoM undergraduates and MSc. Ìýstudents to enroll in SUSTech summer school
•ÌýÌý ÌýProvision of funds from Chinese universities for the development of Faculty of Business
•ÌýÌý ÌýOpportunities for academic staff who are on sabbatical leave
•ÌýÌý ÌýVisits by distinguished faculty members of ÌýSUSTech to UoM
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