Opportunities Abroad
Spotlight on China
October 31, 2012
AGENDA
Main Presenters:
• Dr. Julie Mostov, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives
• Daniela Ascarelli, Assistant Vice Provost for International Programs
1) Existing engagement/partnerships with China
a) Joseph Gregory, Westphal
2) Past Study Abroad Successes
a) Rebecca Clothey, School of Education
3) Moving forward: Building on partnerships and increasing
student and faculty mobility
4) Questions and Discussion
China @ Drexel
• President Fry and Provost Greenberg have made global engagement and
particularly engagement with CHINA a priority in the
2012 – 2017 Drexel Strategic Plan
• More than 900 Chinese students on campus – almost 50% of international
students
• We regularly host Chinese Delegations and send Drexel Delegations to
China to connect our research, study, and experiential education.
• Events focused on China
Dragons in China
• We currently have agreements
with 13 institutions in 7 cities
• SARI Joint Research Center
• Funding to build coop placements
in concert with alumni network in
China and East and South East Asia
more broadly
• Six International Travel Award
winners presenting at conferences
in China in the last year
Drexel SARI Center
Collaboration – Innovation – Dedication - Cooperation
• The Drexel-SARI Center was launched
in Oct. 2011 by an agreement signed
with the Shanghai Advanced
Research Institute (SARI), Chinese
Academy of Sciences
• The Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS) is a leading academic
institution and comprehensive
research and development center in
natural science, technological
science and high-tech innovation.
Drexel SARI Center
•
Located in the Shanghai Pudong Science and
Technology Park
•
The Center will be a home for Drexel’s
research collaborations and educational
partnerships
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Educational endeavors including internships,
co-ops, and symposia
•
The first Drexel co-op student arrived in China
finished in Sept. 2012
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The first research collaborations at the DrexelSARI Center are led by Dr. Wei Sun and Dr.
Yury Gogotsi
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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One of the oldest and most prestigious
Universities in China
– Member of the C9 league in China
– #125 in the World
•
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and
Exchange agreements .
College/school agreements with
– College of Arts and Sciences,
– CoE Biomedical Engineering, Science, and
Health Systems,
– LeBow College of Business,
– College of Engineering
– Dual Phd (Med-X Research Institute)
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Whitaker International UG Scholar in Biomed
Tsinghua University
• Location: Beijing
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A recent study shows that Tsinghua
University is the undergraduate alma
mater that produces the most PhDs in
U.S. universities.
•
Established in 1911
– Member of the C9 league in China
– #48 in the World
• MOU and Undergraduate exchange
Peking University
Graduate School in Shenzhen
• Location: Shenzhen
• Influential in the birth of China's New
Culture Movement, May Fourth
Movement, the Tiananmen Square
protest of 1989, and many other
significant events
– Member of the C9 league in China
– #44 in the World
• MOU for Graduate student exchange
• Dual Degree
– Environmental Engineering and
Science, MS
Fudan University
School of Management
• Location: Shanghai
• Its institutional predecessor was
founded in 1905, shortly before
the end of China's imperial Qing
dynasty
– Member of the C9 league in
China
– #90 in the World
• MOU for Graduate students in
LeBow exchange
Other Partnerships
•
Institute of Biomedical and Health
Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of
Advanced Technology
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China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
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Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese
Academy of Science
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Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology Business School
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Hong Kong University
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Dalian University of Technology
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Wuhan University
Westphal in China
• Joseph Gregory, Chair Department of Art & Art History
• Art Exhibitions here and in China
• Agreement with China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
Study Abroad
• Dr. Rebecca Clothey
• Dr. Scott Knowles
Moving Forward
• Research
• Faculty-led Study Abroad
• Joint-taught courses
• Expanding co-op opportunities
for students