Adelaide University Delegation Visits GDUFS

On May 12, Professor Jodie Conduit, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Adelaide University, Australia, led a delegation to visit Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS). Vice President Shen Minghao met with the delegation. The two sides had in-depth discussions on key areas of collaboration, including deepening academic cooperation in business, law, and economics, expanding collaborative research platforms, and enhancing faculty and student exchanges between the two universities.

Highlight from the Meeting

Vice President Shen introduced the university’s accomplishments in internationalized education and reviewed the close exchanges between the two universities since the establishment of their partnership. He pointed out that the two universities have successfully implemented concrete collaborative projects, including joint education programs, administrative leadership training, and short-term academic exchanges, which have yielded positive outcomes. He noted that both universities excel in areas of strength such as business, law, and economics, thereby laying a solid foundation for deep collaboration. He hoped that, following this visit, both sides would deepen their existing collaborations such as mutual faculty and student exchanges and joint education programs, while also launching new projects such as research collaboration, joint platform development, and jointly organized academic forums. These efforts, he said, would enrich the levels of cooperation, improve its quality, promote deeper and more substantive strategic collaboration between the two universities, and deliver more tangible outcomes.

Professor Conduit noted that this was her first visit to China and GDUFS was the first partner institution she had visited during the trip, which underscored the importance of their collaboration. She noted that Adelaide University has considerable academic strengths and performs well in international rankings. Its College of Business and Law aligns closely with GDUFS’s disciplines in economics, management, and law, making the two sides highly complementary. She expressed her hope to further deepen cooperation in faculty and student exchanges, joint education programs, and research collaboration. She hoped to take this visit as an opportunity to elevate the level of cooperation so as to jointly address global societal challenges and enhance their internationalized education and global influence.

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Representatives from the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, the School of English for International Business, and the International College at GDUFS were also present at the meeting.

On May 12, a delegation from Adelaide University visited the International College and the School of English for International Business at GDUFS. During the meeting, the two sides held in-depth and productive discussions on study-abroad training programs and other joint education programs, focusing on key issues including program design, curriculum alignment, language proficiency requirements, and talent cultivation models. The meeting further refined the cooperation pathways and implementation details.