The construction of International Campus is one of the major steps towards serving national and local economic development, promoting institutional capacities, and accelerating the construction of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics in new era, said SONG Yonghua, Executive Vice President of Zhejiang University and Dean of International Campus, in the opening speech of this forum.
The International Campus adopts a “1+X” model, where Zhejiang University cooperates with several internationally-renowned universities to employ administrative staff and faculty members, formulate and implement the plans regarding faculty recruitment, the admission of international students and curricula, and build an integrative cultivation program.
The Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (the ZJU-UoE Institute) and the Zhejiang University-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute (the ZJU-UIUC Institute) introduce the teaching curricula of the University of Edinburgh and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, respectively. The teaching staff is composed of faculty members from cooperative universities and Zhejiang University as well as newly-recruited high-caliber teachers. International students will account for 30% of the enrollments. Students will complete their undergraduate program in China and upon completion, they will obtain dual degrees from both Zhejiang University and the cooperative university.
“Cooperation and collaboration across cultures and oceans will strongly accelerate the creative process and energy of students and turn them into innovative talents able to serve society and tackle global challenges in the future”, said Philip T. KREIN, Executive Dean of the ZJU-UIUC Institute.
Currently, there are 7 programs offered in Haining International Campus, including Biomedical sciences, Mechanical Engineering, China Study and Program in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Global Leadership (PIEGL).
The first cohort of PIEGL had its opening ceremony on 13 September 2017 with an intake of 32 students from 23 countries. As a new program jointly launched by School of Management and International Campus at Zhejiang University, it is designed for nurturing future business leaders who can obtain a deeper understanding of the emerging markets and work in global or multicultural contexts. In this program, students are expected to acquire comprehensive knowledge about leadership philosophy and frontier management practices in China and other emerging markets, think systemically and collaborate with diverse people across a multicultural context, and get practical, hands-on experience.