President of University of Chester and His Group Visited Our University

In the morning of October 13th, the president of University of Chester, Timothy Wheeler and other six people  visited our school, having the discussion on international communication and cooperation. Liqin Zhang, the   president of Huzhou University, relevant leaders from Office of Foreign Affairs, Business College,  Engineering  College, and  International College attended the talks.

Liqin Zhang first extended a warm welcome to Timothy Wheeler and his group, and introduced culture of   Huzhou  city and basic situation on development scale of our university, discipline construction, international   exchanges, and personnel training. He pointed out that University of Chester and our university had a high fit on   subject structure and strategic target. Besides, Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run education, student exchange, teacher training, academic and cultural exchanges have a huge potential for cooperation. It’s a good opportunity to deepen and implement cooperative projects between two universities and bring far-reaching significance  for establishing a long-term stable relationship of cooperation.

Timothy Wheeler expressed his heartfelt thanks to our warm reception, and then introduced the basic situation and setting of major of University of Chester. He said, University of Chester attached great importance to   cooperating with outstanding education of Chinese colleges and universities, and Huzhou University had complete  discipline  structure and profound cultural background, hoping that the two universities can open up cooperation assoon as possible and establish a close cooperative partnership.

Subsequently, the two sides signed a memorandum of cooperation on international exchanges, and discussed on  Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run education,  cooperation between colleges, exchange of visits between teachers and students, cooperation and cultural communication between China and United Kingdom.

After the meeting, President Timothy Wheeler and his group visited the campus, and explored the Huzhou    humanistic scenery.

University of Chester founded in 1839, is located in the famous British cultural heritage protection of Chester  city, which is one of the oldest famous universities in Britain. There are 8 colleges: they are College of Business    Administration, College of Education, College of Science and Engineering, Art Institute of Media in University of   Chester including 19000 full-time students,  7% of which international students. The high quality of teaching  of University of Chester enjoys a high reputation. University of Chester attaches great importance to outstanding    education of Chinese colleges and universities, which has established friendly and cooperative relationship with    Beijing Normal University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Wuhan University and other domestic well-known colleges and universities.