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Internationalized Higher Education Vigorously Promoted by Economics and Management School
Date:2014-07-03

Normal07.8 磅02falsefalsefalseEN-USZH-CNX-NONEIn recent years, our school has adopted the strategy of “going out and inviting”, and vigorously promotes internationalized and opens higher education; it has constantly improved its internationalized standard and achieved remarkable results in teaching team construction, talent development, scientific research and international influence.

Reinforce the “Sending out and inviting in” strategy to lead the internationalization of teaching team construction. Firstly,our school has sent more teachers abroad for communication. Since 2009, we has selected and sent 55 teachers (20 of whom are fully financed by our school) abroad for medium and long term studying visit and advanced study, and 249 teachers of over 190 groups abroad for short term visit and academic exchange. It has become common for teachers to attend international academic conference and academic exchange.Secondly,our school has intensified the introduction of excellent overseas talents. In 2013, our school succeeded in the open recruitment of dean from around the world; Professor Xie Danyang from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology assumed the post. Our school has raised the fund to introduce excellent doctors from abroad, and directly hires returnee doctors as assistant professor; Meantime, our school explores the “Double Systems”(including annual salary system) to attract talents. In recently years, our school has introduced 25 doctors and post doctors from abroad, and has signed annual salary system agreement with 19 doctors from abroad in this year.Thirdly,our school has invited international first-class teachers to give lectures. We have launched the Overseas Visiting Professor Lecturing Program in the second half of 2013 to invite prestigious overseas specialists and scholars to give lectures, academic reports, and small symposiums etc. 21 professors from U.S., Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and other countries and regions have come to our school to give lectures and has brought in academic and expertise frontiers.

Enhance cooperation and communication to improve the internationalization of talent development. Firstly,our school has enhanced the cooperation with prestigious universities abroad. Our school has signed cooperation agreement with 26 universities in the world; since 2010, our school has sent 193 students to Rouen Business School in France, University of Berne in Switzerland, University of Glasgow in Britain, Kyoto University in Japan and other prestigious universities for academic exchange and internship.Secondly,our school has been encouraging students to go abroad for further study. Every year about 30% of graduates in our school go abroad to study; for graduates of certain majors the rate is above 50%. In 2014 over 100 graduates with bachelor degree went to Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University, and Columbia Universityetc. Among the 110 graduates with bachelor degree in the Experimental Class of Mathematical Economics and Mathematical Finance, 45 have been admitted in doctor or master program of international famous universities. The scale of students going abroad to study has been constantly expanding.

Carry out academic interaction to push the internationalization of scientific research. Firstly,our school has hosted high-level international academic conferences. Since 2010, our school has held about 50 academic conferences including China Economist Forum (2013) and China Economic Theory Innovation Award Ceremony, “The First International Conference on Complexity Science Management”, “International Conference onTransnational Corporationand China”, China and Global Financial Risk Forum and Press Conference for the Launch of China and Global Financial Risk Report.Secondly,our school has invited prestigious scholars to give lectures. Since 2008, our school has invited Nobel Prize winner in Economics Christopher A. Pissarides, Clive W.J.Granger, Joseph Eugene Stiglitz and other senior specialists to our school to give over 300 lectures.

Take various measures simultaneously to promote the internationalization of influence abroad. Firstly,our school has vigorously implemented the “Three One” basic project, that is, to build one English-language website, to publish one English album, and to establish one standardized system. At present, the English-language website of our school has been presented, which includes columns of faculty and staff, programs, student activities, and alumni. Our school has edited and printed the English album of Economics and Management School, has edited and issued Guidance to Foreign Affairs of Wuhan University, and has published a series of rules and regulations including Regulations on Visiting Study of Specialist and Scholars Abroad of Economics and Management School of Wuhan University.Secondly,our school has taken the opportunity of international certification to build an internationalized brand. Our school was approved by the international authority AMBA, and was reapproved in December, 2013. In 2014 our school will carry out another two international authorities EQUIS and AACSB. Our school promotes its construction and development through favorable receptions and certifications, and hasenhancedits international influence and international reputation to a higher level.