On October 15, Marko Princevac, Vice Provost of the University of California, Riverside, and Jun Wang, Assistant Provost, paid a visit to BUCT. Song Laixin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of BUCT, met with the delegation. The meeting was chaired by Zhang Bing, Director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Office of BUCT.
Song Laixin extended a warm welcome to the delegation. He pointed out that the two sides have maintained academic exchanges and cooperation since 2015, and he believed that this visit will further enhance mutual understanding and mutual trust, as well as promote educational cooperation and personnel exchanges. He hoped that the two sides will continue to explore areas of collaboration, strengthen personnel training and scientific research cooperation, in order to build a higher-quality international partnership.
Vice Provost Marko Princevac expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the warm reception and appreciated the achievements of BUCT. He said that UC Riverside attaches great importance to cooperating with Chinese universities. He hoped that the two universities will continue to deepen understanding through visits and exchanges, enhance cooperation in student training, scientific research, and personnel exchanges, so as to jointly produce more achievements though collaboration.
Witnessed by all attendees, Song Laixin and Marko Princevac signed the inter-school framework agreement of cooperation and the 3+1+X joint training agreement on behalf of the two universities. During the meeting, they also discussed in detail student joint training programs and curriculum setting etc.
Attending the meeting were heads and relevant members of the International Exchange and Cooperation Office, College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, College of Information Science and Technology, College of Chemistry, College of Mathematics and Physics, College of Economics and Management, School of International Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering.
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Riverside is a public comprehensive research university in the United States, known as the Public Ivy League. It is a member of the Association of American Universities(AAU), and one of the ten universities in the University of California system, which is one of the most influential public university systems in the world. In the 2023 US News World University Rankings, UC Riverside ranked 186th in the world, and 35th among all public universities in the US.