Main Academic Partners
Zhongqiao University has attached great importance to international development in recent years and has made good achievements in international cooperation. The university currently has established long-term cooperation with about 20 quality universities overseas, including the U.S., the United Kingdom, Japan, Spain, New Zealand, Germany and Korea, in various aspects such as student training, faculty development and teaching resource sharing. For instance, the university has cooperated with the University of South Wales in the United Kingdom, the University of Barcelona in Spain and Kyoto University of Information Technology to carry out joint master's and joint bachelor's programmes, , and with Western Japan Junior College to carry out joint master's programmes, with Auckland Business School in New Zealand to carry out MBA programmes, and with Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Germany to carry out student exchange. In addition, the university has been working with Baekseok University, Hwaseok University, Myongji University, and Gyeongnam University in Korea for joint master's programmes, and with Hwaseok University and Gyeongnam University for faculty's academic degree upgrading programmes, and with the U.S. for internship programme.
The increase in the amount of cooperation between the university and overseas universities provides more international exchange platforms for our faculty and student, and is more conducive to enhancing the social reputation of the university (see Table 1 for details).
Further Development Plans
Ÿ Sino-Israeli Industrial College
The university plan to launch a joint venture with Israeli universities. In 2021, the university has discussed the establishment of the Sino-Israeli Industrial College of Zhongqiao University with Consulate General of Israel in Shanghai, which will further develop mutual visits and exchanges of faculty, management and technical personnel, cooperation and exchanges in teaching and research, mutual recognition of credits in joint training programmes, student exchange, summer and winter school, and cultural workshops.
Ÿ Sino-German Vocational and Technical School
At the same time, the university is planning to set up a Sino-German Vocational and Technical School at the new district of Shanghai, which will mainly adopt the German dual education system. By cooperating with the National Eastern Tech-Transfer Center and universities such as the Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin, the school will introduce high-quality German educational resources, to jointly build a high quality, international technical talent training base. The school mainly offers undergraduate programmes, and some junior college programmes. It will serve the demand for high-end vocational and technical talents and the industrial development of the new district, the whole Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta.
