{"id":50136,"date":"2015-06-04T14:10:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=50136"},"modified":"2015-06-04T14:34:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:34:14","slug":"um-chinese-university-form-educational-collaborative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/um-chinese-university-form-educational-collaborative\/","title":{"rendered":"UM, Chinese University Form Educational Collaborative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UM Provost Morris Stocks, left, and North China University of Technology Vice President Luo Xueke sign an educational collaboration agreement.<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi has signed an agreement with North China University of Technology in Beijing to establish an international partnership for education, research and development, which takes effect this fall.<\/p>\n

NCUT Vice President Luo Xueke and NCUT Director of International Programs Jiaquan Xiong met Wednesday (June 3) with UM Provost Morris Stocks and other members of UM’s leadership team in the Lyceum, where the memorandum of\u00a0agreement was signed.<\/p>\n

“We’re excited about the opportunity to join in a collaborative agreement with North China University of Technology,” Stocks said. “This will give us an opportunity to bring 15 to 20 of their students to visit with us each year, and it will also give study abroad opportunities to our students.”<\/p>\n

Chinese students will study at UM<\/a>, with their tuition being funded through a scholarship from the Chinese government.\u00a0The agreement also provides opportunities for UM students to study at NCUT. UM faculty will be able to teach in Beijing during intersessions or summer terms, and NCUT faculty could also teach at UM. On Wednesday, the two parties also discussed the establishment of an international education center at NCUT to serve both universities.<\/p>\n

The memorandum is another important step in UM’s effort to grow its international student population, Stocks said. The university\u00a0has set a goal of doubling the current international student enrollment of\u00a0nearly\u00a01,000 from 92 countries in five years. Officials from the\u00a0UM Office of Global Engagement<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0ventured into India and China to recruit freshman students from high-performing secondary schools.<\/p>\n

The UM Office of Global Engagement<\/a> is also partnering with schools, universities and media, as well as government and private agencies in target recruitment countries, with the goal of promoting the UM brand and its reputation for academic excellence.<\/p>\n

“NCUT already knew about our university when we contacted them,” said\u00a0Nosa O. Egiebor, UM senior international officer, executive director of the Office of Global Engagement and professor of chemical engineering.<\/p>\n

Egiebor notes the new accord is\u00a0aimed at facilitating international collaboration and partnership between the two institutions on all aspects of global education, research and development. Its provisions are as follows:<\/p>\n