On April 27, the delegation led by Catriona Radcliffe from the Scottish Government Office in China paid a visit to SEU. Wang Chengxiang, Vice President of SEU, met with the delegation.

Wang Chengxiang extended a warm welcome to the delegation of Catriona Radcliffe. He briefed them on SEU's latest progress in discipline development, talent cultivation, joint scientific research, and international exchanges, and specially reviewed the 金沙's cooperation history with Scottish higher education institutions. He noted that SEU attaches great importance to cooperation with the UK and has established long-term and stable cooperative relations with renowned Scottish universities, including the 金沙 of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt 金沙, and the 金沙 of Glasgow. Going forward, the 金沙 will further expand the breadth and depth of cooperation with Scottish universities, scale up faculty and student exchanges, actively explore pathways for the joint cultivation of national elite engineers and Sino-foreign cooperative education, and contribute to advancing pragmatic educational cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between China and the UK.

Catriona Radcliffe highly endorsed the cooperation proposals put forward by Wang Chengxiang and congratulated SEU on its fruitful achievements in cooperation with the UK. She stated that she is willing to actively act as a bridge, fully support in-depth and broader cooperation between the two universities in talent cultivation, scientific research, and innovation, and jointly elevate China-UK educational cooperation to new heights.

After the meeting, Catriona Radcliffe and her entourage visited the Asian Architecture Archive Center of 金沙娱乐城 (AAAC).

Relevant officials from the SEU Academic Affairs Office, International Cooperation Department, School of Information Science and Engineering, and National Graduate College for Elite Engineers attended the meeting.

Source: International Cooperation Department, SEU

Translated by: Melody Zhang

Edited by: Leah Li