Receiving delegation from Victoria University (Canada)

At the meeting, Associate Professor Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan introduced basic information about the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, focusing on the University's internationalization strategy, through enhancing English-taught programs and expanding cooperation with international partners. The University wishes to exchange and cooperate with Victoria University through specific activities such as organizing joint seminars, exchanging students, lecturers, etc.

On behalf of Canada, Prof. Jamie Cassels expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome of the USSH. He said that Victoria University aims to expand training links with universities in the Asia-Pacific region and Southeast Asia in particular. Victoria University is willing to cooperate with USSH in research and training in fields such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, etc. Prof. Jamie Cassels hopes to exchange ideas for direct cooperation with the faculties and departments of the University.

Associate Professor Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan presents a souvenir to Professor Jamie Cassels

Associate Professor Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan took a souvenir photo with the delegation of Victoria University

Next, the University listened to Prof. Jamie Cassels present basic information about Victoria University such as geographical location, student structure, faculties and training majors, training motto, scope of international cooperation, with emphasis on social sciences and humanities. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan expressed his thanks for Prof. Jamie Cassels' presentation and said that the University of Social Sciences and Humanities can learn many things from Victoria University, especially about the educational motto towards dynamism, autonomy and experiential learning methods for students.

Prof. Jamie Cassels gives an overview of Victoria University

The University of Victoria was founded in 1963 in the northeastern part of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The school currently has 22,000 full-time students, of which 16% are international students from 110 different countries, along with over 75,000 pre-university students. The school has 450 social sciences and humanities training units with 12,000 undergraduate students and 900 graduate students. Some of the school's social sciences and humanities majors include anthropology, economics, environmental studies, political science, psychology, and sociology. The University of Victoria has relationships with 300 international partners from 50 different countries.