Vice Rector Kong Fanqing Leads a Delegation to Visit Kyung Hee University in South Korea

In order to further expand the international perspective and improve the quality of school running, Vice Rector Kong Fanqing led our delegation to visit Kyung Hee University in South Korea on July 2, visited its campus and teaching and research facilities, and learned its unique campus culture and educational philosophy.

Daekwan Kim, Dean of the College of Hotel and Tourism Management of Kyung Hee University, and Bong-Seok Kim, Head of the Department of Convention and Exhibition Management warmly received the delegation. The two universities reached a broad consensus on various cooperation issues such as teacher research and training, student joint training, teacher exchange, student exchange, joint academic seminars and postdoctoral training, and discussed in depth the development of programs such as international tourism, hotel management, business management and cultural tourism.

Chulwon Kim, then Dean of the College of Hotel and Tourism Management of Kyung hee University, visited CityU in 2017. Through this return visit, CityU hoped to strengthen cooperation, exchange and learning between the two sides. The delegation also included Mr. Cai Zhiming, Head of Academic Affairs Office, Gavin Chau, Executive Associate Dean of Faculty of International Tourism and Management, Khong Yueng Wah, Executive Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business, as well as Wang Zhong, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Kyung Hee University, founded in 1949, is a comprehensive university and one of the top private universities in South Korea. More than 100 programs have been set up in the fields of humanities, social sciences, science and engineering, medicine, art and sports. Among them, the College of Hotel Management of Kyung Hee University, as the forerunner of South Korean hotel management, is committed to training the most competitive professional hotel talents in the international community through high-quality education, ranks first in South Korea with its long-standing history and outstanding practical education.