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President Jin Donghan of Shanghai University Visits UCC

16 Apr 2018
President Jin Donghan of Shanghai University Visits UCC

On April 16th, President Jin Donghan of Shanghai University led a delegation to visit UCC and had meetings with UCC President Patrick O’Shea and Deputy President and Registrar John O’Halloran along with acting head of the UCC Confucius Institute, Chris Williams.

President O’Shea,welcomed his Shanghai University counterpart, highlighting Cork and Shanghai’s status as sister cities and applauded the Confucius Institutes role as a bridge between the institutions.

Mr. Jin spoke of Shanghai University’s international development strategy and the importance of creating international education ties for co-operation and development. He further honoured UCC by naming the university among the most valuable key strategic partners of its 160 global partner institutions.

John O’Halloran spoke highly of the Confucius Institute and its role in linking the schools. The Spring festival gala, along with the Shanghai Easter camp for Irish students; helped deepen bonds between the countries and promote mutual respect. He followed by expressing his hope to see these activities expanded on in the future. Following the speeches from the respective officers; both Presidents confirmed their commitment to these efforts by signing a new cooperation memorandum.

In the afternoon, Mr. Jin and his team visited the schools of engineering, computer science as well as the Tyndall Institute and the centre for marine and renewable energy; where the heads of the departments met with their Shanghai university counterparts for high level exchanges. The visit was a huge success in highlighting the co-operation and deepening the strategic relationship between the two universities.

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