Global Connections: University of Portsmouth VP Bobby Mehta Leads Delegation to Wuyi University

On October 30, Bobby Mehta, Vice-President of the University of Portsmouth, UK, and his delegation visited the school for a visit. Vice President Chen Wenhua met with the guests and signed a course docking agreement with them. Relevant personnel from the International Exchange and Cooperation Office, School of International Education, School of Electronics and Information Engineering and other units participated in the event.

Chen Wenhua extended a warm welcome to the University of Portsmouth delegation and introduced the school’s history and development status, disciplinary characteristics, international exchanges and cooperation, especially the progress of the undergraduate “2+2” Sino-foreign joint training program. He pointed out that launching the “2+2” Sino-foreign joint training program is a solid step for our school to promote high-level opening up to the outside world and improve the level of international education. This year, our school and the University of Portsmouth will carry out joint training in computer science and technology majors, which is a good start for the cooperation between the two schools. We hope that the two schools will continue to expand areas of cooperation on the basis of existing cooperation and fully realize resource sharing, complementary advantages and common development between the two schools. develop. At the same time, teachers and students from the University of Portsmouth are also very welcome to come to Wuyi University for exchange and study.

Bobby Mehta expressed his gratitude to our school for the warm reception and introduced the basic situation of Portsmouth city and university. He said that the two schools are very similar in many aspects such as geographical location, student scale, discipline construction and future development direction, and have broad potential. Cooperation space, I very much look forward to the two universities continuing to deepen their friendly relations and carry out more in-depth cooperation.

The two parties conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions on joint training of doctoral students, teacher visits, short-term summer projects, exchange student projects, and high-level cooperative visits.

Subsequently, the two schools held a signing ceremony. Chen Wenhua and Bobby Mehta respectively signed a course docking agreement on behalf of the two schools, clarifying the responsibilities and responsibilities of both parties in terms of further studies, academic standards and quality assurance, enrollment and publicity, admission process, entry requirements and accommodation.

The University of Portsmouth delegation also visited our school’s Sino-German Industry 4.0 Innovation Demonstration Factory, Artificial Intelligence Learning Hall, and school restaurants and other campus facilities, expressing their appreciation for the school’s high-level scientific research platform, convenient living facilities, and beautiful campus environment. (Text/Photo from International Exchange and Cooperation Department/Propaganda Department)