Delegation of Shanghai University visited the University of Social Sciences and Humanities

On June 16, 2009, a delegation from Shanghai University led by Prof. Han Binh - Deputy Secretary visited and worked at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Receiving the delegation were Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh - Rector, Prof. Mai Ngoc Chu - Head of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Dr. Nghiem Thuy Hang - Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, Dr. Tran Thuy Anh - Department of International Relations.

The two sides exchanged a lot of information about training and scientific research activities as well as initially discussed future cooperation opportunities.

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Shanghai University was first built in 1922 and rebuilt in 1994. This is a school under the Chinese government's Project 211 to build 100 key universities. The president is Professor Qian Weichang, one of China's famous scientists, educators, and social activists. Shanghai University has 24 colleges and 01 Faculty of Architecture, 68 undergraduate majors, 131 master's majors, and 54 doctoral majors. The majors are very diverse, from natural sciences, social sciences, arts to applied sciences. The total number of staff is 5,300, including 450 professors, 850 associate professors, and 10 academicians. The school has 26,000 students, including 8,000 postgraduates, 10,000 part-time students, and 2,700 international students. Shanghai University aims to train students to become professionals who are good at their profession, physically healthy, and have the ambition and ideal of serving the state and society.

According to Professor Han Binh, Shanghai University accepts international students from 93 countries. Among them, there were 110 Vietnamese international students at the peak, and currently there are 94. Professor Binh highly appreciates the academic ability of Vietnamese students, saying that they are always among the best students at Shanghai University. He said: "Vietnamese students are not only outstanding and outstanding students, but also ambassadors of the Vietnam - China friendship."

Prof. Nguyen Van Khanh also briefly introduced the activities of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, especially emphasizing the potential of the University in training Vietnamese linguistics. The University has trained about 5,000 foreign students, many of whom have become ambassadors of countries in Vietnam, including Chinese ambassadors Ho Can Van, Li Gia Trung, and Qi Kien Quoc... Currently, there are about 300 Chinese students.

During the meeting, the two sides provided each other with a lot of information about policies on talent treatment, scholarship regimes, tuition fees, study conditions for foreign students, development orientation of key industries, and the mechanism of conferring academic titles and degrees at each school...