A delegation led by Professor Ned Pankhurst, Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor of Griffith University (GU), visited UCAS Yanqihu campus on 19 May, 2014. Prof. Wu Yueliang, Vice President of UCAS, met with them.
Prof. Wu expressed his welcome for the visit of Professor Ned Pankhurst. He also gave presentation on UCAS' international collaboration. Professor Ned Pankhurst praised the joint program between UCAS and GU for the past six years. He proposed that a wide range of exchanges and communication between faculties from the two universities be established to deepen collaboration between UCAS and GU.
In November, 2008, UCAS and GU signed a memorandum of understanding for future collaboration regarding a Joint Doctoral Program. In November, 2011, UCAS and GU renewed the memorandum of understanding, increasing the number of students in the program and enlarging the areas of collaboration. Until May, 2014, 18 doctoral candidates have been selected by the Joint Doctoral Program of UCAS and GU.
GU is the largest university in Australia with over 43,000 students, 9,000 of which are international students.
( Written by Wang Jingwei )
