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A Delegation from National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) Visited GXNU
On February 1, 2018, a five-people delegation led by President Kuo-En Chang of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) visited GXNU. President He Zubin of GXNU had a successful meeting with the delegation at Room 201 of the International Education Exchange Center. Personnel-in-charge from the President’s Office and Office of International Exchange attended this meeting.
First, President He Zubin extended his warm welcome to the delegation and made a brief introduction of the current status and development of GXNU, especially of GXNU’s cooperation with the institutions of higher education in Taiwan. He pointed out that NTNU was a prestigious university with a profound history and quality education, known as the cradle of teachers in Taiwan. He also narrated his experience of visiting Taiwan and expressed his wish to promote the cooperation between the two universities, especially regarding teachers’ exchange programs and cooperation in scientific research. President Kup-en Chang expressed his gratitude for GXNU’s warm welcome and hospitality. After introducing briefly the history and development of NTNU, he pointed out that NTNU and GXNU were both normal universities with shared development objectives. He specifically introduced the preponderant disciplines of NTNU. Then, the two parties had an in-depth discussion on summer camps, joint courses, teachers’ exchange and cooperation in scientific research. They reached a preliminary agreement and wished to make more substantial progress in exchange and cooperation.
NTNU was built in 1946, formally known as Taiwan Provincial College, a cradle of Taiwan’s quality teachers. NTNU is composed of College of Arts, College of Education, College of International Studies and Social Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, College of Management, College of Music, College of Science, College of Sports and Recreation, College of Technology and Engineering, with totally 56 departments. According to QS World University Rankings in 2016, among over 40,000 universities, NTNU’s ranking went up from 310th in 2016 to 289th in 2017, thus among top 300 universities in the world.