Vice-President of Chulalongkorn University Pays a Visit to USTB

On April 8^th, 2013, Prof. Kalaya, Vice-President of Chulalongkorn University visited USTB. Prof. Luo Weidong, Chancellor of USTB, and Prof. Wang Ge, Director of the International Office of USTB, met with the delegates.

Extending his warmest welcome, Chancellor Luo briefly introduced to the delegation the history, disciplines, and research projects of USTB. USTB maintains a high level of achievement in the fields of science and engineering, especially in materials, metallurgical sciences, physics and chemistry. It is in these areas that USTB hopes to develop collaborative efforts with Chulalongkorn University. However, the chancellor also noted that both schools could cooperate on studies of the arts as well.

Prof. Kalaya expressed her gratitude for the warm reception and introduced the history, development, and disciplines of Chulalongkorn University. This visit, she said, was conducted with the purpose of forging a partnership with USTB. She hoped that based on mutual understanding and extensive discussion, USTB and Chulalongkorn University could find practical means of cooperation. Later, she gave suggestions for potential areas of cooperation in academic research, student exchange programs and bilateral symposiums.

Towards the end of the discussion, both sides had reached an agreement on initiating cooperation. It came to a consensus that, beginning with hosting more bilateral symposiums, both schools would deepen and expand their collaborative efforts by developing more exchange programs of scholars and students.

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