From November 27 to December 6, Tang Hongwu, President of South China University of Technology (SCUT), led a delegation to Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. During the visit, the delegation signed agreements with multiple world-class universities on talent cultivation and scientific research cooperation, and engaged in a series of productive exchanges including scholar meetings, alumni seminars, and visits to the Consulates General of China. These efforts have yielded fruitful outcomes in advancing the university’s educational collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region.

Delegation at NUS

The delegation’s first stop was the National University of Singapore (NUS), where President Tang held talks with Tan Eng Chye, NUS President. President Tang noted that the two universities have a solid foundation for cooperation and broad prospects for collaboration. He expressed hope that, leveraging the Guangzhou International Campus, both sides could deepen joint research and talent training, increase two-way faculty and student mobility, and strengthen  administrative personnel trainings so as to jointly raise their teaching and research standards and international influence.

At Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the two sides held an exchange ceremony for a student joint-training agreement and conducted in-depth discussions on the development of the China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute, cooperation in AI-assisted medicine, and training for administrative personnel.

Meeting with NTU

In Australia, the delegation visited the University of Western Australia (UWA). President Tang and UWA Vice-Chancellor Amit Chakma signed cooperation agreements on joint training and administrative personnel exchanges, and jointly witnessed the signing of an accord to establish a “Joint Research Centre for Regenerative Medicine” between the two universities’ medical schools.

Cooperation agreements with UWA

In New Zealand, the delegation visited the University of Auckland and the University of Canterbury. During the meeting with the University of Auckland, both sides agreed to further expand in-depth cooperation in engineering, medicine and other fields based on existing partnerships. At the University of Canterbury, President Tang and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Lucy Johnston unveiled a plaque for the “University of Canterbury - South China University of Technology International Joint Laboratory on Smart Medtech Automation Research and Technology (SMART),” marking a further deepening of collaboration between the two institutions.

Meeting with University of Auckland

International Joint Laboratory on Smart Medtech Automation Research and Technology

During the visit, the delegation made visits to the Consulates General of China in Perth, Auckland, and Christchurch, and hosted overseas talent recruitment events.

Source: SCUT News

Translated by CHEN Wanmei

Initial Review by AN Yufan

Final Review by WU Zhaosheng