Past visits to CUHK

Past visits:

  • The Office of Academic Links (OAL) received 31 visiting delegations between 28 August and 31 October 2012. The delegations learned about CUHK's teaching and research priorities and explored opportunities for collaboration with CUHK representatives.

Survey on incoming visitors:

Date and Name of InstitutionDelegate(s) and Purpose of Visit
30 Aug 2012
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Delegates
A group of 13 delegates from Chulalongkorn's Faculty of Engineering

Purpose of visit
To gain an understanding of the services and activities provided by CUHK to international exchange students

5 Sep 2012
Gordon Research Conferences, US

Delegates
A group of 4 delegates led by Dr. Nancy Gray, Director and President

Purpose of visit
To discuss the feedback of the "Salt & Water Stress in Plants" meeting held in June 2012 at CUHK and to prepare for the 2013 meetings

6 Sep 2012
University of British Columbia, Canada

Delegate
Prof. Jack Saddler, NSERC Industrial Senior Chair, Department of Wood Science

Purpose of visit
To deliver a seminar on the invitation of the School of Life Sciences

12 Sep 2012
University College London, UK

Delegates
Ms. Maral Dadourian, International Liaison and Recruitment Officer, International Office

Purpose of visit
To promote study abroad programmes to CUHK students

12 Sep 2012
University of South Carolina, US

Delegate
A group of 3 delegates led by Dr. Harris Pastides, President

Purpose of visit
To explore opportunities for further collaboration and to sign a student exchange agreement for undergraduate business students

13 Sep 2012
University of Manchester, UK

Delegate
Mrs. Dinah Crystal, Solicitor, Director of External Relations and Clinical Education, School of Law

Purpose of visit
To explore possible student exchange with CUHK's Faculty of Law

13 Sep 2012
Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Delegates
A group of 4 delegates led by Prof. Yvonne van Rooy, President of the Executive Board

Purpose of visit
To explore opportunities for further collaboration and to sign a MOU for short-term faculty exchange programme

13 Sep 2012
Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Delegates
A group of 10 delegates led by Prof. Kriengkrai Kitcharoen, Dean, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences

Purpose of visit
To sign a MOU for the establishment of the ASIA-International Biomedical Science Consortium

17 Sep 2012
University of Alberta, Canada

Delegate
Dr. Art Quinney, Professor Emeritus and Senior Advisor to the Provost

Purpose of visit
To explore research collaboration opportunities, in particular in the public health area

26 Sep 2012
University of Leeds, UK

Delegates
Prof. Dawn Freshwater, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Staff and Organisational Effectiveness

Dr. Judith Lamie, International Director

Purpose of visit
To learn about the Leeds-CUHK medical humanities research collaboration and to explore further collaboration opportunities

26 Sep 2012
Seoul National University, Korea

Delegates
A group of 3 delegates led by Prof. Lynn Ilon, College of Education

Purpose of visit
To benchmark policies and procedures that support international faculty

27 Sep 2012
University of Leeds, UK

Delegate
Prof. Dwayne E. Heard, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, School of Chemistry

Purpose of visit
To deliver a seminar titled "Field measurements of free radicals in the atmosphere and comparisons with numerical models" on the invitation of the Department of Chemistry and to explore collaboration opportunities

27 Sep 2012
University of Southern California, US

Delegates
Dr. Robin Romans, Associate Provost

Ms. Catherine Leung, Director of South China for the University of Southern California's Globalization Office

Purpose of visit
To introduce the International Artist Fellowship to CUHK

28 Sep 2012
Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation

Delegates
A group of 4 delegates led by Dr. Raine Herman, Director Strategic Intelligence

Purpose of visit
To learn about CUHK's research and innovation agenda

28 Sep 2012
University of Rochester, US

Delegate
Mr. Jonathan Burdick, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid

Purpose of visit
To learn about CUHK's summer programmes

28 Sep 2012
Sciences Po, France

Delegate
Mr. Alessandro Mariani, International Affairs Manager for China and South-East Asia, Centre for Asia and the Pacific

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

3 Oct 2012
Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada

Delegate
Mr. Brian Olsen, President's Delegation Coordinator

Purpose of visit
To prepare for the upcoming SFU delegation visit in November

4 Oct 2012
Karolinska Institutet (KI), Sweden

Delegates
A group of 3 delegates led by Prof. Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson, President

Purpose of visit
To sign a MOU for general collaboration between KI and CUHK

5 Oct 2012
University of Bergen, Norway

Delegate
Prof. Reidar K. Lie, Head and Professor, Department of Philosophy

Purpose of visit
To meet with CUHK counterparts regarding the WUN Research Development Fund proposal titled "Global Public Health Justice"

5 Oct 2012
University of Western Australia, Australia

Delegate
Ms. Carolyn Wood, Student Exchange Coordinator

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

9 Oct 2012
University of Adelaide, Australia

Delegates
Prof. Kent Anderson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International)

Ms. Iris Liu, Global Engagement Officer, Division of the Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President (Academic)

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

9 Oct 2012
Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Hong Kong

Delegate
Ms. Caitlin Lam, Senior Commercial Officer

Purpose of visit
To discuss participation of Dutch universities in APAIE 2013

12 Oct 2012
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), US

Delegates
A group of 4 delegates led by Dr. Phyllis Wise, Vice President of the University of Illinois and Chancellor of UIUC

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

15 Oct 2012
Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers), Sweden

Delegate
Dr. Gustavo Perrusquia, Director of International Affairs

Purpose of visit
To introduce Chalmers to CUHK's Faculties of Engineering and Science

15 Oct 2012
Duke University, US

Delegates
A group of 3 delegates led by Dr. James N. Siedow, Vice Provost for Research

Purpose of visit
To learn about CUHK's best practices, policies, and procedures relating to grant application and administration in mainland China

25 Oct 2012
Study Abroad Foundation (SAF)

Delegates
Prof. John Belcher, President and Co-CEO

Mr. Dominique Luthringer, Director of SAF Taiwan and Director for Development, South East Asia

Purpose of visit
To discuss SAF's international internship programmes

25 Oct 2012
University of Auckland, New Zealand

Delegate
Prof. Jenny Dixon, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Engagement)

Purpose of visit
To discuss matters regarding APAIE, WUN, and other collaborations between the two universities

27 Oct 2012
University of Leeds, UK

Delegate
Prof. Stuart Murray, Director, Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities

Purpose of visit
To meet with CUHK collaborators to discuss the medical humanities project

30 Oct 2012
The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT)

Delegate
Dr. Andreas Gothenberg, Executive Director

Purpose of visit
To learn about the Contemporary China Studies Programme and to explore further collaboration opportunities

31 Oct 2012
Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) / University of Sydney (USyd)

Delegates
A group of 6 delegates led by Prof. John Hearn, Chief Executive Officer of WUN and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) of the University of Sydney

Purpose of visit
To discuss a number of engagement activities between WUN / USyd and CUHK

31 Oct 2012
York University, Canada

Delegates
A 3-member delegation led by Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri, President and Vice-Chancellor

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

To learn more about the past visits, please visit the following website:
http://www.oal.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php/delegation-visits/past-delegations.

Prof. Yvonne van Rooy (front row, right), President of Utrecht University (UU), The Netherlands, and Prof. Joseph Sung (front row, left), Vice-Chancellor, signed a MOU for short-term faculty exchange on 13 September 2012.

Prof. Dawn Freshwater (second from left), Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Staff and Organisational Effectiveness, and Dr. Judith Lamie (second from right), International Director of the University of Leeds, UK, visited CUHK on 26 September 2012 and met with Prof. Jack Cheng (far left), Pro-Vice-Chancellor; Ms. Shally Fan (far right), Director of Academic Links, and other CUHK representatives.

Dr. Harris Pastides (fourth from left), President of the University of South Carolina, and Prof. Joseph Sung (third from left), Vice-Chancellor, signed a student exchange agreement between the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business and CUHK Business School on 12 September 2012. A 3-member delegation led by Dr. Pastides also met with Prof. Jack Cheng (far right), Pro-Vice-Chancellor and other CUHK representatives.


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New exchange agreements
Past visits to CUHK
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