On July 18th, Prof. Mu Xiaoyi, working in the Energy Law and Policy Center in University of Dundee (UoD), came to visit China University of Petroleum-Beijing (CUPB). Prof. Sun Xudong, Secretary General of the Worldwide Energy University Network (WEUN), Prof. Yang Mianzhi, Dean of School of Economics and Management at CUPB, and Prof. Yao Jun, Deputy Secretary General of WEUN attend this meeting.
At first, Sun showed his great pleasure to welcome Mu’s visit to CUPB. He introduced some activities performed since WEUN established in September 2018 as well as some progress made and annual plan of this year. He highly praised the positive role of UoD is playing in WEUN in running a joint projects with CUPB. Subsequently, Yang introduced some cooperation programs conducted between the School of Economics and Management in CUPB and UoD including “3+1+1”, “2+1+1” and “4+1” undergraduate and postgraduate exchanged-student programs. CUPB students enrolled in these programs will be allowed to study in Beijing and Dundee for a period of time, respectively. Successful students will then obtain two degrees from CUPB and UoD respectively.
Mu on behalf of UoD presented a very positive attitude to cooperation with CUPB. The University likes to educate more and more international good international students. He also emphasized that this visit of CUPB intends to expand student exchanged program, initiate faculty exchange program, establish international joint research center and son on. The meeting will make preparations for CUPB president’s coming visit UoD in the latter half year.
University of Dundee, founded in 1881, is a world top university located in Dundee, Scotland. It is a university of high reputation in Europe. Many subjects of University of Dundee are of world-class level, and among them, the most outstanding are life science, art design, and education. Its teaching quality and scientific research also enjoy great fame in the United Kingdoms. In 2004, University of Dundee has won the Scotland Annual Award.
(Edited by Xiaoyuan Fan, Xiaofang Xu)