USTB Holds “University Internationalization and Talent Cultivation” Seminar

On October 27 USTB held  the four-university seminar with the  theme of “University Internationalization and Talent Cultivation” theme. The attendees included President Yeongmoo Song from South Korea’s Sunchon National University, President Chin Chung-jen from Taiwan’s Chaoyang University of Technology, President Sanqing Su and Vice President Jiping Hao from Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, USTB Chancellor Luo Weidong, President Zhang Xinxin, Vice President Wang Ge, and the heads of various departments.

President Zhang delivered the opening remarks. He talked about that schools seek to take advantage of complementary resources and strengthen cooperation through building alliances in the modern era, which has in turn led to rapid development and new innovations in education practices. President Zhang spoke of how USTB has made internationalization a top priority in order to compete in the global market and address emerging challenges.

Following that President Chung-jen Chin, President Su Sanqing, and President Song Yeongmoo delivered their remarks. They discussed how their universities were dealing with the issue of internationalization and training new talents, and how through mutual cooperation and joint efforts the four universities could create a platform to promote further development.

In the following workshop the schools discussed the topics including the promotion of internationalization strategy, new models of cooperation, new talents training, and comprehensive reforms of graduate education through specialized seminars and exchanges. In regards to training new talents, the delegates promoted the strategies of “an integrated academic curriculum including internationalization and English components” and “leveraging disciplines to develop a new method of internationalization” through discussions of the schools mutual experience.

The Seminar was originally organized in 2006 by USTB and Sunchon National University, with USTB holding the first gathering. Since then each participant has taken turns hosting the Seminar, and this was the third time that USTB acted as the host.  The four-university seminar has become an important annual event to deepen ties between the participating schools and promote common development.

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