Delegation from Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon Visits GDUFS

On February 27, a delegation led by Professor Ricardo Paes Mamede, Vice Rector of Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, visited Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS). Shen Minghao, Vice President of GDUFS, met with the guests in the VIP Hall of the Administration Building of the Baiyun Mountain Campus. The two sides held in-depth discussions on faculty and student exchanges, program collaboration, joint research collaboration, and the co-cultivation of high-level talents.

Shen extended a warm welcome to the delegation and introduced the university’s achievements in internationalization and academic development. He noted that as a key university under Guangdong Province’s high-level development initiative, GDUFS boasts distinctive strengths in foreign languages, offering 33 language programs and establishing an interdisciplinary talent cultivation model characterized by “Foreign Language +,” such as the double bachelor’s degree program in “Portuguese + International Economics and Trade.” He emphasized that the university attaches great importance to international cooperation and exchange, having established partnerships with 523 universities and academic institutions across 70 countries and regions worldwide. GDUFS has also launched joint master’s and doctoral training programs with numerous universities in Europe and North America. Taking this visit as an opportunity, he expressed hope that the two institutions would achieve substantive breakthroughs in high-level joint training programs and Sino-foreign cooperative education programs in areas such as international business, digital economy, e-commerce accounting, and global governance, while further expanding faculty and student exchanges and academic collaboration.

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Mamede expressed his sincere appreciation for the warm reception and highly commended GDUFS for its distinctive international orientation and educational achievements. He noted that Iscte regards GDUFS as one of its most important partners in South China, and that this visit aims to further enhance mutual understanding and advance existing cooperation intentions into concrete action. He added that Iscte maintains close collaboration with Chinese universities and has established long-term and stable partnerships with more than 20 universities in China. Each year, Iscte sends students on exchange programs worldwide and looks forward to expanding reciprocal faculty and student exchanges with GDUFS across broader fields. Mamede also highlighted that Iscte offers 8 doctoral programs and over 30 master’s programs fully taught in English, welcoming not only Portuguese-major students to pursue further studies in Portugal but also students from diverse academic backgrounds at GDUFS. He expressed hope that this visit would provide an opportunity to strengthen academic cooperation in areas such as global governance and international business and to further deepen bilateral collaboration.

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Professor João Guerreiro, Vice Dean of Iscte Business School, as well as representatives from the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, the School of International Governance Innovation, the School of Business, and the School of Accounting of GDUFS attended the meeting.