On October 16th, CityU Rector Shu Guang Zhang, Golden Dragon Group President Ng Sek Sam, and Executive Associate Dean Gavin Chau of the Faculty of International Tourism and Management of CityU led a delegation to visit Qingdao University of Technology (QUT). They were warmly welcomed by QUT leaders, including Secretary Wang Yajun of the CPC Committee of QUT, Vice President Yu Dehu, and Weijun Gao, Academician of the Engineering Academy of Japan. The two parties then had a discussion at the symposium.
During the symposium, Secretary Wang Yajun gave another warm welcome to the CityU delegation, and briefly presented QUT’s unique characteristics and its development in the past two years. Rector Zhang introduced CityU’s development and thanked QUT for its support over the years. He mentioned that CityU’s development corresponded with the need for talents during Macao’s socio-economic development. CityU responded to the need by offering related courses and serving the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The two universities expected further cooperation, such as building an effective platform for higher education communication between CityU and QUT, and between Macao and Qingdao. The universities also looked forward to more exchanges in curriculum development and academic research, more student exchange programs, and the implementation of cooperation schemes.
QUT is a multi-disciplinary university with a strong focus on engineering. It combines engineering and natural science education, and has a distinctive curriculum in civil engineering, architecture, machine manufacturing and environmental energy. QUT integrates science education and humanities education, leading to the coordinated development of engineering, natural sciences, economics, management, liberal arts, law and arts. QUT is a key institution in Shandong Province for fostering basic applied talents in a unique way. Since its inception, QUT has built a comprehensive education system on undergraduate, vocational, master and doctoral levels, which fostered over 160,000 high-caliber talents in scientific and engineering technology and management.
Other attendees of the symposium included University Council Director Ying Jie Zhang, Department Head of Planning and Development Office Ji Ming Liu, International Exchange Office Director Chun Tang Liu, Dean of the School of Management Engineering Zhi Yuan Xun, and Dean of the School of Humanities and Foreign Languages Xiang Hong Gong.
