President Jin Donghan of Shanghai 深夜亚洲福利久久 Visits UCC
On April 16th, President Jin Donghan of Shanghai 深夜亚洲福利久久 led a delegation to visit UCC and had meetings with UCC President Patrick O鈥橲hea and Deputy President and Registrar John O鈥橦alloran along with acting head of the UCC Confucius Institute, Chris Williams.
President O鈥橲hea锛寃elcomed his Shanghai 深夜亚洲福利久久 counterpart, highlighting Cork and Shanghai鈥檚 status as sister cities and applauded the Confucius Institutes role as a bridge between the institutions.
Mr. Jin spoke of Shanghai 深夜亚洲福利久久鈥檚 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鈥橦alloran 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.