Project Description
Project Name
2015Seminar for Senior Administrators of Universities in Developing Countries
Organizer
East China Normal University
Time
Oct.13—Nov. 2, 2015
Invited
Countries
Developing Countries
Number of
Participants
English
25
Age
Requirements
for the
Participants
Language
Health
Language
others
No more than 50 years old for participants of departmental
directorship. No more than45 years old for participants of
division level
In good health with health certificate issued by the local public
hospitals; without diseases with which entry to China is
disallowed by China’s laws and regulations; without severe
chronic diseases such as serious high blood pressure,
cardiovascular/cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes; without
mental diseases or epidemic diseases that are likely to cause
serious threat to public health; not in the process of recovering
after a major operation or in the process of acute diseases; not
seriously disabled or pregnant
Capable of listening, speaking, reading and writing in English
Relatives and family members shall not follow
Host City
Shanghai
Local Temperature
about 21 ℃
Cities to visit
Beijing, Wuhan
（Hubei Province）
Local Temperature
about 18 ℃ in Beijing
about 21℃ in Hangzhou
Notes
Contact of the
Organizer
Contact Person(s)
PengLiping
Telephone
0086－21－62235100
Mobile
0086-21-13386194950
Fax
0086－21－62237101
E-mail
About the
Organizer
lppeng@ied.ecnu.edu.cn
East China Normal University (ECNU) was founded in October 1951. Over sixty
years of development has shaped ECNU into one of the key institutions of higher
learning under the direct auspices of the Ministry of Education, influential both at
home and abroad. It is a member university of “Project211” and “Project985”, the
latter of which is composed of the group of 39 tier one universities in China.
The University has always attached great importance to the integration of the special
characteristics of a normal university and academic excellence with equal emphasis on
teaching and scientific research, and has, thus, developed into a university not only
strong in educational science but also strong in the fields of social science, humanities,
natural sciences, science and technology and management science. The International
Center for Teacher Education of ECNU is an academic supportive institute for
UNESCO Chair on Teacher Education at ECNU and has undertaken International
Master’s Program for Educational Leadership and Policy and short-term seminars for
principals from developing countries that are sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce
of China for years. The University has 15 full-time schools, namely School of
Humanities, School of Educational Science, School of Educational Administration,
School of Preschool Education and Special Education, School of Foreign Languages,
School of Business , School of Law and Politics, School of Life Science, School of
Physical Education and Health Care, School of Science and Engineering, School of
Natural Resources and Environmental Science, School of Information Science and
Technology, School of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, School of software
engineering and the Vocational College. These schools consist of 35 departments
offering 55 undergraduate programs, 5 of which, i.e. Chinese, History, Mathematics,
Geography and Psychology, are on the list of State Training and Research Bases for
Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences. Besides, the University has 6 state key programs, 2
state key laboratories, 6 key laboratories under the Ministry of Education and 6 key
research bases for humanities and social sciences approved by the Ministry of
Education, and over 40 research institutes and a number of multi-disciplinary
research, experiment, computing and testing centers. The Graduate School offers 73
doctoral programs, 118 Master’s programs (including Master’s Degree of Education
and MPA), and has 10 mobile post-doctoral research stations. In addition, the
University has On-Line School of Education, College of Continuing Education and
International College of Chinese Culture.
Among the total staff of over 4,000, there are nearly 2,000 full-time teachers,
including 14 national academicians and nearly 1,200 professors and associate
professors, many of whom enjoy high reputation in their respective academic circles.
Now there are 14,000 undergraduate students, 14,000 graduate students, and 3700
international students. The university has two campuses, that is, Putuo Campus and
Minhang campus.
The main contents of the Seminar include:
1. Overview of China’s Reform and Open-door policies and innovative practices
Seminar Content in educational changes driven by and contributing to economic and social
development
2. Overview of China’s Higher Education Reform and Policy
3. Quality Management of Higher Education in China
4. Chinese Culture Overview and Educational Philosophy
5. Targets and Measures: China’s Cultivation of Postgraduates
6. Curriculum diversity and Students development in China’s Universities
7. Basis experiences: Service of China’s Universities for society
8. The Personnel System and Its Development in Universities of China
9. The Reform and Development of Shanghai’s Higher Education
10. System for Scientific Research in Universities of China
11: Internationalization of Universities of China
12: Lifelong Education in Universities of China: Concept and Innovation
13: Application and Innovation of ICT in Education in China: Concept and Innovation
14: Discipline Team Building in Universities of China
15: University Operation of NYU Shanghai
16: Vocational Education and Economic Development in China
Experts on education from within and outside East China Normal University with
some from around the world will be invited to give lectures and facilitate two-way
interactions with the trainers. During the seminar, principals will visit different kinds
of schools in Shanghai, Beijing, and Hunan province. In addition, there will be field
trips to places of cultural, economic and educational interests. In this way, principals
can better understand what they have learned from the lectures and develop better
understanding of what China has achieved in education within the broad context of
socio-economic and cultural development since reform and opening-up since early
1980’s. At the same time, the opportunities of enhanced the partnership and two-way
cooperation in education between China and other developing countries could be
facilitated in the years to come.