On the afternoon of June 3, Prof. Yu Haisui, a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Vice President of the University of Leeds, visited our university. President Sha Aimin met with the visitor in the VIP room of the Academic Exchange Center. Vice President Zhao Xiangmo, the head of the University Office, Science and Technology Department, High-level Talent Office, International Office and Highway College accompanied the meeting.
President Sha Aimin met with Vice President Yu Haisian of the University of Leeds, UK
President Sha Aimin welcomed the visit of Vice President Yu Haisui. He introduced the history of the university, the scale of the university, the characteristics of the discipline, the cultivation of talents and the basic situation of international exchanges. He highlighted the importance of the internationalization of the university in helping the development of international infrastructure and the "double-class construction" of the university. He said that the university has always been committed to international development, keeping up with the globalization of education, constantly exerting the characteristics of advantageous disciplines, actively connecting with major national strategies, and actively serving local economic and social development, and achieved remarkable results. He pointed out that the University of Leeds is an internationally renowned university with a high degree of internationalization and comprehensive strength. The development and role of the discipline in the field of transportation is similar to that of our university. The two sides have already laid a solid foundation for cooperation in long-term exchanges. The prospect of a beautiful cooperation, I hope that with the visit of Vice President Yu Haisian and signing the inter-university cooperation agreement as an opportunity to continuously expand and deepen the cooperation and exchanges between the two sides.
Vice President Yu Haisian expressed his sincere gratitude to the warm reception of our university, and expressed appreciation for the outstanding contribution made by our university in the field of infrastructure construction. We agreed with President Sha Aimin's development concept of internationalization and the basic concept of cooperation between the two universities. . He introduced the history of the University of Leeds, the scale of the university, the characteristics of the discipline and the progress made in international exchanges in recent years. He said that the University of Leeds pays special attention to international development and attaches great importance to cooperation and exchanges with famous universities in China. He pointed out that Chang'an University is a high-level university with outstanding academic advantages in China. The concept of development of the two universities is basically the same, and the potential for cooperation between the two sides is huge. He emphasized that the visit aims to consolidate the original cooperation between the two sides and build a broader cooperation and exchange platform for the cooperation between the two universities. He hopes that with the signing of the inter-university cooperation agreement, the two universities will promote the exchange of students and teachers. Cooperation in various fields such as interviews and scientific research, and strive to push cooperation to more fields and higher levels.
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After the meeting, Vice President Zhao Xiangmo and Vice President Yu Haisian signed an inter-university cooperation agreement on behalf of the two universities. Then Vice President Yu Haisian and his entourage visited the sand table model of our university and the key laboratory of the Ministry of Education of Special Areas.
Signing an inter-university cooperation agreement
Visit the Key Laboratory of Highway Engineering of the Special Region
Founded in 1831, the University of Leeds is located in the heart of the UK's third largest city, the second largest financial center and the second largest legal center in Leeds. It is the UK's top comprehensive university, one of the top 100 universities in the world, and ranked 93th in the QS Ranking in 2019. The transportation engineering major ranks 4th in the world in the ARWU discipline rankings. Geography and environmental science, geology, civil engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, accounting and finance, architecture and design are all in the forefront of the world. It has six Nobel laureates, and the famous alumni are: the Queen Elizabeth, the famous British writer Tolkien, HSBC Group Chairman Mark Tucker and many other famous people.
