From October 24 to November 2, Zhang Xichun, Chancellor of SCUT, led a delegation to Peru, aiming to advance the 'going global' initiative of SCUT's National School for Elite Engineers and jointly shape a new ecosystem for global engineering education with partner universities. This visit significantly expanded SCUT's cooperation with leading universities in Peru, Turkey and Brazil.

The delegation visited the National University of San Marcos—the oldest university in the Americas and a member organization of the China–Peru Institute for Excellent Engineers—and unveiled the establishment of the Institute. The delegation also visited Istanbul Technical University and Boğaziçi University in Turkey, as well as the State University of Campinas and the University of São Paulo in Brazil, holding friendly discussions on further inter-university cooperation. Additionally, the delegation collaborated with leading Chinese companies operating overseas, such as Huawei, BYD, and China Southern Power Grid, exploring the construction of an innovative community through tripartite collaboration among SCUT, Chinese enterprises, and local universities, aiming to achieve innovation in both cooperation regions and models.