Modified: Nov 20, 2018
Source: Office of International Exchange and Cooperation

A seven-member delegation from Queensland University of Technology in Australia (QUT), headed by President Margaret Sheil and Vice President Scott Sheppard, visited JNU on Nov. 12. JNU President Song Xianzhong and Vice President Zhang Hong met with the delegation. Zhang signed an international cooperation supplementary agreement with Sheppard, representing the Australia-China Center for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM).

In the meeting, JNU and QUT reviewed the progress made in the four months since they reached consensus on joint cultivation of postgraduates. Afterward, JNU become a member of ACC-AQSM along with signing the supplementary agreement. Taking advantage of the membership, JNU's Institute for Environmental and Climate Research also had in-depth cooperation with QUT.

(Zhang and Sheppard signing the agreement)

JNU has had close exchanges with QUT in recent years. After signing an academic cooperation agreement in 2016, the two universities started cooperating in environmental science research. The first QUT delegation visited JNU in April 2018, signing the Doctoral Students' Joint Training Agreement (DSJTA) and jointly inaugurating the JNU-QUT Associated Laboratory of Air Quality Science and Management, which substantially promoted academic exchange and joint cultivation of talents. The two schools are already jointly cultivating doctoral students under DSJTA.