On June 6th Mr. Wang Weikang, professor of North Wood University, USA was invited to visit HUAT and vice president Luo Yongge held talks and exchanged opinions with him about details of the agreement of cooperation that was going to be signed by both sides.
Mr. Luo Yongge told the guest that HUAT had established cooperation with some universities in countries such Germany, French, United States and South Korea and made much progress in the field of engineering, the joint education program with a British university was under way. But international cooperation in the field of management is our next step so he hopes that the school of economics and management can have a practical cooperation with North Wood University.
During the meeting, Professor Wang gave a brief introduction about North Wood University and said it ranks top among the universities with “the highest return-on investment” and one third of its graduates choose start their own business, which coincides with educational philosophy holds by HUAT. He expressed his confidence in future cooperation with HUAT in the field of management and said that graduates of English majors, with language advantage, if they choose to study some courses relevant to management, are also welcomed to apply for MBA at North Wood University.
Participating in the talks were also Mr. Yang Lijun, dean of school of economics and management, Ms. Yao Liping, vice dean of the school, Mr. Zhu Zhanwei and Su Zibo, deputy deans of Foreign Languages school and other teaching staff from the two schools.
After the talks, the two sides signed a cooperation agreement about "3+1" double bachelor’s degree program and "3+1+1" MBA program.
On the afternoon of the same day, professor Wang also gave an academic lecture to students from the two schools and introduced North Wood University in details. Accompanied by Ms. Yao, professor Wang also visited the school of economy and management after the lecture.
