Past visits to CUHK

Past visits:

  • The Office of Academic Links (OAL) received 25 visiting delegations between 30 August and 31 October 2011. The delegations learnt about CUHK's teaching and research priorities and met with various CUHK representatives to explore opportunities for collaboration.

Survey on incoming visitors 2010-11:

  • OAL maintains a database of incoming delegation visits and exchange agreements with non-local institutions. You may find such information useful when exploring partnership opportunities with non-local institutions. In order to help us keep an up-to-date record of international linkage activities, we encourage you to provide us with details of any visit or exchange activity by filling in the "Record Form for Incoming Visitors".

    Please return the completed form to us either by fax (2603 5402) or email (oal@cuhk.edu.hk). For more information, please visit the following website: www.cuhk.edu.hk/oal/linkage/staff.html.

Past visits:

  • The Office of Academic Links (OAL) received 25 visiting delegations between 30 August and 31 October 2011. The delegations learnt about CUHK's teaching and research priorities and met with various CUHK representatives to explore opportunities for collaboration.
Date and Name of InstitutionDelegate(s) and Purpose of visit
1 Sep 2011
University College London, UK

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

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

6 Sep 2011
The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Delegates
Ms. Kirsten McDonald, Development Manager, English Language Academy

Purpose of visit
To exchange information on the language programmes between the University of Auckland and CUHK

7 Sep 2011
University of Leeds, UK

Delegate
Ms. Susan Daniels, Chair of the China International Regional Working Group and International Director for the Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communications

Purpose of visit
To learn about CUHK's internationalisation strategies and strengthen existing partnership by identifying new areas for student exchange and collaboration

23 Sep 2011
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Delegate
Ms. Wang Yin, Project Manager Asia, International Office

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

26 Sep 2011
Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

Delegate
Prof. Héctor Rifà, Professor, Department of Psychology

Purpose of visit
To explore opportunities for collaboration on gender issues

27 Sep 2011
Ecole d'Ingénieurs de PURPAN, France

Delegates
Prof. Jean Dayde, Associate Dean for Research

Ms. Florence Teste, Project Manager, International Relations

Purpose of visit
To explore possible collaboration in scientific projects

7 Oct 2011
Consulate General of Mexico in Hong Kong and Macao

Delegates
Ms. Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, Consul General

Ms. Tania Libertad Hernandez, Consul (Culture, Tourism, and Education)

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

10 Oct 2011
Swansea University, UK

Delegates
Prof. Noel Thompson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Development, Singleton Campus)

Dr. Alan Collins, Senior Lecturer of International Relations, College of Arts and Humanities

Ms. Bev Evans, Head of Admissions and Marketing, College of Arts and Humanities

Purpose of visit
To explore opportunities for collaboration

11 Oct 2011
Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Tanzania

Delegates
Prof. Keto Mshigeni, Vice-Chancellor

Prof. S. T. Chang, Emeritus Professor of Biology, CUHK

Purpose of visit
To learn about management practices at CUHK and explore opportunities for research collaboration in botanical science

11 Oct 2011
University of Southern California, US

Delegate
Mr. Matthew Erskine, Director, International Programs

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

12 Oct 2011
ESC La Rochelle, France

Delegate
Miss Sarah Charles-Muller, Greater China Representative

Purpose of visit
To gain an understanding of CUHK's School of Hotel and Tourism Management

13 Oct 2011
Rice University, US

Delegates
Prof. Lyn Ragsdale, Dean, School of Social Sciences

Dr. Brian Hammer, Associate Director, Programs, Chao Center for Asian Studies

Ms. Jie Wu, Project Administrator, Kinder Institute for Urban Research

Purpose of visit
To discuss with the Faculty of Social Science the possibility of developing a Global Urban Lab research project for Rice's undergraduate students in collaboration with CUHK

13 Oct 2011
Bellarmine University, US

Delegate
Prof. Gabriele W. Bosley, Director of International Programs and Professor of Global Languages and Cultures

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

14 Oct 2011
University of Toronto, Canada

Delegates
Prof. Lucy Fromowitz, Assistant Vice-President, Student Life

Ms. Miranda Cheng, Director, Centre for International Experience

Purpose of visit
To discuss further opportunities for collaboration

14 Oct 2011
Wheaton College, US

Delegate
Dr. Alfredo Varela, Dean, Center of Global Education

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

14 Oct 2011
Aston University, UK

Delegate
Mr. Stewart Comfort, Director for International Partnerships

Purpose of visit
To discuss a number of partnership proposals including university-wide student exchange, short-term faculty exchange, and collaboration in the area of business administration

17 Oct 2011
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)

Delegates
Prof. John Hearn, Chief Executive Officer of WUN and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) of the University of Sydney

Ms. Mary Wang, International Development Manager for China, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Sydney

Mr. Murray Cobban, Regional Director, Europe and Hong Kong, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Sydney

Purpose of visit
To provide information on CUHK's membership in WUN and the operation of WUN

17 Oct 2011
University of Glasgow, UK

Delegate
Dr. Serafeim Tsoukas, Lecturer of Economics, Business School

Purpose of visit
To give a presentation to CUHK students who are interested in an exchange to the University of Glasgow

19 Oct 2011
Waseda University, Japan

Delegates
An eight-member delegation led by Ms. Risa Imamura, Graduate School of Commerce

Purpose of visit
To meet with representatives of CUHK's Business School regarding career development service for graduate business students

20 Oct 2011
University of Monterey, Mexico

Delegate
Dr. Carols Basuto, Dean of Business

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

21 Oct 2011
University of Notre Dame, US

Delegate
Ms. Hong Zhu, Assistant Director, Office of International Studies

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

24-30 Oct 2011
University of Helsinki, Finland

Delegate
Dr. Anja Lahtinen, Researcher, Department of World Cultures, Faculty of Arts

Purpose of visit
To give a lecture for the course "Development of Western China and the New Silk Road" on the MSSc in Global Political Economy programme and visit the Universities Service Centre for China Studies

24 Oct 2011
Ecole Nationale Superieure de I'Electronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA), France

Delegate
Prof. Thomas Tang, Professeur Agrege of Electronics and Computer Science

Purpose of visit
To discuss the French American Exchange Program (FAME) and internship possibilities

25 Oct 2011
University of Sussex, UK

Delegate
Ms. Emily Sinclair, Head of International Programmes, International and Study Abroad Office

Purpose of visit
To finalise the bilateral student exchange agreement and discuss the proposed summer student exchange programme

27 Oct 2011
Claremont McKenna College, USA

Delegate
Ms. Kristen Mallory, Director, Off-Campus Study

Purpose of visit
Courtesy visit

To learn more about the past visits, please visit the following website:
www.cuhk.edu.hk/oal/linkage/delegations.html.

(From left): Dr. Alan Collins, Senior Lecturer of International Relations, College of Arts and Humanities;  Ms. Bev Evans, Head of Admissions and Marketing, College of Arts and Humanities; and Prof. Noel Thompson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Development, Singleton Campus), Swansea University, met with Prof. Hsiung Ping, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Senior Advisor (International Academic Development), and Prof. Paul Lee, Dean, Faculty of Social Science, at CUHK on 10 October 2011.

Prof. Jack Cheng (right), Pro-Vice-Chancellor, warmly welcomes Prof. Keto Mshigeni, Vice-Chancellor of Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Tanzania, who visited CUHK on 11 October 2011 to learn about management practices and explore possible academic and research collaborations.

Ms. Alicia Buenrostro Massieu (left), Consul from the Consulate General of Mexico in Hong Kong and Macao, met with Prof. Joseph Sung (right), Vice-Chancellor, during a visit to CUHK on 7 October 2011.


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