Record-breaking cultural exchange of Chinese and Dundee students

Published On Wed 17 Aug 2016 by Dominic Younger

A record-breaking number of Chinese students have spent the summer learning at the University of Dundee.

Over 120 students from 12 different Chinese institutions visited the City of Discovery in July and August participating in an educational and cultural programme designed to promote exchange and postgraduate studies.

The Chinese students left for home after a short ‘graduation’ ceremony last week, celebrating their participation in learning as well as day trips across Scotland. They also found out about Dundee’s industrial heritage at Scotland’s Jute Museum, Verdant Works.

During the same period, twenty Dundee students were selected for the first ever two month cultural exchange which saw them live and study across China.

They are set to return after a summer of interactive learning organised by the East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) and funded by a Chinese Government Scholarship.

Professor Iain Stewart, Dean of the School of Science and Engineering, said the programmes this summer had been a resounding success and that the students had thoroughly enjoyed their time in the city and at the University.

“It’s a great way to promote the university and to let the students experience life in Dundee,” he said. “This is the third time we have organised such summer schools and also the first that our students have attended China for their own cultural programme, it is vital we continue to establish such strong connections with this country and their students.”

The institutions participating in the summer schools were Guangdong University of Technology, Hebei University of Technology, North Eastern University at Qinhuangdao, South China Agricultural University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, East China University of Science and Technology, Hohai University, Hunan University, Nanjing University, Shandong University, Tianjin Medical University and Zhejiang University of Technology.