On the afternoon of September 16, Ursula Kilkelly, Vice President for International Affairs of University College Cork, Ireland, and her delegation visited our university. Mao Xinshu, Vice President of BTBU, met with the delegation at the Fucheng Road Campus.

Mao Xinshu extended a warm welcome to Ursula Kilkelly and her delegation. He reviewed the relevant achievements in Sino-foreign cooperative education between Beijing Technology and Business University and University College Cork, and proposed ideas for adjusting the existing cooperative education programs. He suggested establishing a dedicated liaison mechanism, innovating cooperation models in the food discipline, expanding joint master’s and doctoral training and research cooperation, and advancing the upgrading and quality improvement of cooperation between the two universities. He hoped that both sides could continue to broaden and deepen         cooperation on the existing basis, continuously improve the quality of existing cooperative programs, and jointly enhance the quality of international talent cultivation at both universities.

Vice President Ursula Kilkelly expressed her gratitude to Mao Xinshu for the warm reception. She briefly introduced the recent developments of University College Cork and stated that UCC attaches great importance to cooperation with Beijing Technology and Business University. Regarding the operation of the existing Sino-foreign cooperative education programs, she said that UCC would actively explore with our university ways to improve the quality and efficiency of the existing programs, accelerate subsequent practical consultations, and jointly advance educational exchanges and cooperation to greater depth and practical effect, producing tangible cooperation outcomes.

Afterwards, the two sides held in-depth exchanges on Sino-foreign cooperative education programs, international research cooperation, and faculty-student exchanges, further clarifying cooperation approaches and laying a solid foundation for future cooperation.

Zhang Bei, Director of the China Office, and Wang Qiunan, Operations Officer of University College Cork; together with He Dongmeng (Director) and Cao Yan (Deputy Director) from the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, BTBU, attended the meeting.

        Source:https://www.btbu.edu.cn/news/zhxw/6b21fc4b775a45639cd4270b045f24e4.htm