On March 30 and 31, zhejiang university vice-chancellor professor and vice dean of international joint should be YiBin visited the United States, such as the university of Illinois at urbana-champaign urbana-champaign (UIUC), had more comprehensively deepen cooperation talks and multifaceted exchange, international union college (haining) international campus Ding Guanzhong professor, zhejiang university, vice President of the university of Illinois urbana-champaign urbana-champaign joint dean professor Li Erping accompanied visit.
On the morning of 30th, UIUC's new President Robert Jones and Provost John Wilkin met with Ying and his delegation respectively, and proposed new ideas and expectations for the future cooperation between UIUC and UIUC.President Robert Jones spoke highly of the long and stable partnership between UIUC and ZHEJIANG University, and he is delighted to accept the invitation to lead a delegation to attend the 120th anniversary celebration of ZHEJIANG University in May.
Ying and his delegation also had an in-depth exchange of views on how to further deepen cooperation with Andreas Cangellaris, dean of UIUC Institute of Technology, Umberto Ravaoli, Vice dean of UIUC, and deans of relevant departments of cooperative majors.Both sides have reached a lot of consensus on the operation of Zju-UIUC School, international student recruitment strategy, high-level faculty recruitment, joint doctoral training and other aspects.Ying and his delegation also held talks with Kim Kidwell, dean of UIUC's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, laying a good foundation for the two universities to further expand the areas of cooperation.
Founded in 1867, UIUC is a founding member of the Big Ten, and is known as the "Public Ivy League".After 150 years of development, UIUC School of Engineering has been consistently ranked among the top 5 in the United States for many years, with its engineering physics, civil engineering, materials, electrical, electronics, computer, machinery, agricultural biology and other disciplines ranking among the top 5 in the United States.In September 2016, the first batch of students enrolled in Zju-UIUC Union College began to study in The International Campus of Zhejiang University (Haining).
From left: Vice President Ying Yibin, UIUC President Robert Jones, DEAN Andreas Cangellaris of UIUC School of Engineering, and Vice dean Ding Guanzhong of ZHEJIANG University International Campus
From left: Li Erping, dean of Zju-UIUC Union College; Ying Yibin, vice President; John Wilkin, provost of UIUC; Andreas Cangellaris, dean of UIUC School of Engineering; Ding Guanzhong, deputy dean of THE International Campus of Zhejiang University
From left: Liu Liang, associate Dean of UIUC School of Engineering; Benito Marinas, director of UIUC Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE); ErolTutumluer, Associate Dean; Professor Ouyang, Ximing Cai; Li Erping, Dean of Zju-UIUC Union College; Ying Yibin, Vice President; Jonathan Makela, Director of Zju-UIUC Cooperative Work Department; Ding Guanzhong, Associate dean of International University
