UIUC Chancellor Robert J. Jones led a team to visit the International Campus of Zhejiang University (ZJU) and ZJUI in March. The delegation visited ZJUI for strategic dialogue with the leadership team and coordinators of related disciplines from ZJU, met with faculty and students, and reviewed more than two years of institute operation.

ZJU President Wu Zhaohui and UIUC Chancellor Jones officially opened the ZJUI wing of the Engineering Building on March 4.  Other delegates included ZJU Vice-President and International Campus Dean He Lianzhen, UIUC Vice Provost Reitumetse Mabokela, Minister of Publicity of ZJU Ying Biao, Assistant President of ZJU,  and Vice Dean of the International Campus Fu Qiang, ZJUI leaders, others from UIUC, and representatives of ZJU. The President and Chancellor marked the start of this new chapter for ZJUI. The two leaders delivered keynote speeches at the symposium.  ZJUI Dean Li Erping and Dean Rashid Bashir also signed a Letter of Intent to prepare groundwork for masters’ programs.

The UIUC delegation met with students on the evening of March 5th. Chancellor Jones and Dean Bashir presented UIUC-style shirts to all the students. Dean Bashir presented dean’s list certificates to many ZJUI students, encouraging them to keep studying hard and become outstanding representatives of both ZJU and UIUC. Dean Bashir and UIUC engineering department heads presented department news and held an intensive discussion session with the students.

Since the establishment of ZJUI three years ago, our commitment has deepened. The institute intends to keep pioneering and innovating.  ZJUI student-centered programs are committed to breaking through discipline barriers, providing excellent cross-disciplinary education. These efforts will help Chinese students obtain world-class international education in China. The institute will try our best to serve our students and faculty, create an environment for exceptional scholars and innovators, and continue to be in the forefront of Sino-foreign cooperatively - run universities.

The presidents of the two universities signed the MoU

Dean of ZJUI Li Erpng and Dean of college of engineering,UIUC Bashir signed the Letter of intent for cooperative educating master students

ZJUI discussed with heads of the undergraduate and graduate school of ZJU, vice dean of undergraduate and graduate program of UIUC

The UIUC delegation met with ZJUI's faculty, administration team, laboratory engineers and counselors