Blossoming Exchange Networks

To build on existing ties and lay the foundations for deeper collaboration, representatives from the Office of Global Education (OGE) participated in various international events in the 2015-16 academic year, including the EAIE 2015 Conference in Glasgow, the UK, the APAIE 2016 Conference and Exhibition in Melbourne, Australia, and the NAFSA 2016 Annual Conference and Expo in Denver, the US.

A number of visits were paid to both new and existing partners in Australia, mainland China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Poland, Taiwan, the Netherlands and the US. Our President, Professor Leonard K Cheng, paid hospitality visits to Pacific University and Willamette University in the US in June 2016 to strengthen our existing collaboration. In addition, the delegations led by Professor Shalendra Sharma, Associate Vice-President (Academic Quality Assurance and Internationalisation) successfully deepened our relationships with our current partners and established student exchange agreements with new partners. We deeply appreciated the hospitality of our partner institutions.

The OGE is devoted to developing an extensive network of international partnerships across the globe to facilitate students’ mobility and their engagement with a world beyond Hong Kong. The total number of exchange partners recently reached 186 in 39 countries.

New Exchange Partners, 2015-16

China
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing University
Peking University, Yuan Pei College
Shanghai International Studies University

Czech Republic
University of Hradec Králové

Japan
Rikkyo University
University of Tokyo (for Mr Lam Man Tsan Memorial Fund Scholarship students)

Kazakhstan
Almaty Management University
L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

Korea
Chung-Ang University
Seoul National University (for Mr Lam Man Tsan Memorial Fund Scholarship students)
Yonsei University, Underwood International College

Lithuania
Vytautas Magnus University

Poland
Cracow University of Economics
Warsaw School of Economics

Slovenia
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

Taiwan
National Taiwan University

The Netherlands
Radboud University Nijmegen

The UK
Aberystwyth University
Edge Hill University
Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Hertfordshire
University of Strathclyde

The US
Calvin College
Carthage College
Emerson College

Professor Leonard K Cheng, President (left four), meeting with Dr Lesley M Hallick, President (left three), and representatives of Pacific University in the US

Professor Sharma Shalendra, Associate Vice-President (Academic Quality Assurance and Internationalisation) (centre), meeting with Professor Xun Hua, Executive Dean of Yuan Pei College, Peking University (right), and Mr Xia Hongwei, Director, Office of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Affairs, Peking University (left)

Professor Sharma Shalendra, Associate Vice-President (Academic Quality Assurance and Internationalisation) (right), meeting with representatives from the international team of Almaty Management University in Kazakhstan