Cooperative Agreement between USTB and Wayne State University

On March 5th, 2013, Prof. Robert Thomas, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences of Wayne State University, visited USTB. Prof. Zhang Xinxin, President of USTB, Prof. Zhang Jie, Deputy-Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering, and Prof. Guo Kanjun, Vice-Director of the International Office, met with the delegates and extended their heartfelt welcome.

Prof. Zhang briefly introduced the delegation to the recent work and news of USTB. He mentioned that, in recent years, higher education in China has highly advocated the internationalization of universities. USTB is expecting to accelerate the internationalization of its own campus, thus creating more opportunities for students to participate in overseas exchanges. Exchange programs that are higher in both quantity and quality would broaden students’ horizons and benefit their individual development. Prof. Zhang noted that, taking these benefits into consideration, USTB highly values the cooperative agreement held with Wayne State University and USTB wishes to further promote scientific and research cooperation with their friends at Wayne State through increased exchange programs for students and academic visits of scholars.

Prof. Thomas was very appreciative of the warm reception. Introducing the history and experiences of cooperation with Chinese universities, he shared his views on the direction and patterns of future collaboration. It was his hope that, through this meeting, more USTB students would be drawn to Wayne State University and choose to further their studies there, fostering the next stage the partnership between the schools.

Later, Prof. Zhang and Prof. Thomas signed a cooperative agreement establishing that the two schools will begin a new “3+1+1” mobility program for students.

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