In the afternoon of November the 1st, Renmin University’s Vice-President for International Affairs Yi Zhihong greeted University Libre De Brussels’ (ULB) Professor Serge Jaumain, Vice-Rector for International Relations. In a show of respect and ambition, ULB brought a large delegation of 13 faculties including the Deans of the Faculty of Social and Political Science, School of Economics and Management, School of Engineering and other distinguished ULB academicians.
ULB School of Economics and Management is consistently ranked among the best in its field among European Universities. ULB hopes to forge ties between RUC in the form of joint undergraduate, PhD and Masters programs where Chinese and European students may study abroad, learn new languages, and work towards and internationalized degree with advanced accreditation. RUC and ULB also hope to exchange faculties in a number of disciplines adding to the diversities of both universities.
Vice-President Yi spoke of the initiative of RUC to recruit a global faculty, and encouraged ULB to send students to the various programs taught in English at RUC. A double degree in International Relations was discussed because of the importance for students in this field to gain international experience.
The ULB School of Physics met with its RUC counterpart and saw opportunities for a joint PhD level program, in which theoretical physics and quantum computation would serve as main points of research.
As ULB seeks to expand its global reach by partnering with Chinese Universities, RUC would serve as a key partner that also shares the aspiration of an international presence.
