On October 24, Mr. Han Wu, head of Chinese affairs of Southern Cross University, Australia and Mr. Peng Zhongyi, head of Central China, visited HUAT and held a discussion in the conference room on the first floor of the library. Leaders of the International Cooperation and Exchange Office, teaching department, school of electrical and information, school of Economics and Management and the School of Science attended the meeting.
At the meeting, the two sides discussed the feasibility of the implementation of the relevant professional cooperation projects between the two schools, as well as the internship, curriculum, credit recognition and graduation requirements of the Australian companies. The two sides thought that the visit laid a good foundation for cooperation between the two schools and hoped to strengthen communication, enhance mutual trust and further enhance cooperation in the future to build Strong ties and in-depth cooperation to promote common development.
In the afternoon, Mr. Wu and his team also held a lecture on the Southern Cross University Project in Classroom 6213. At the lecture, Ma Xun, Director of International Cooperation and Exchange, made a brief introduction to the functions of universities, the pre-cooperation between the two universities and the running conditions of Southern Cross University. The Australian teacher showed the students the propaganda video of the Southern Cross University. He explained in detail the cooperation project between the two universities in terms of faculty strength, school level, geographical location, University ranking, research ability and application conditions. He also explained the cost, accommodation and specialty that everyone cared about, graduation and other contents and guide students how to solve the difficulties in learning, how to explore and learn foreign life skills. The Australian teachers and our students had a positive interaction. The atmosphere of the lecture was relaxing and pleasant, and the students responded enthusiastically.
After the lecture, Australian teachers also visited University history museum.
Southern Cross University is Australia's public university. In the 2008 Times World University Ranking, Southern Cross University ranked 401-500 universities worldwide, making it 3% of the top universities in the world. Southern Cross University ranked No. 98 in the World's Best Young Universities for Higher Education in the Times in 2018. Southern Cross University attaches great importance to students ‘practical employment ability, the employment rate of graduates is 99%, the industry competitiveness is great. In July this year, our school and the SCU signed the agreement of "2 + 2", "3 + 1" double undergraduate and "3 + 2.5" joint project of BSU and MSU. Students majoring in marketing, financial management, international trade, tourism and hotel management, computer science and technology, software engineering, mathematics and statistics, and vision and art can participate in the joint training program.
