On behalf of Beihang University, President Xu Huibin recently signed Beihang-Padova Memorandum of Cooperation with the University of Padova, which signifies the official start of the university-level cooperation between the two sides. According to the memorandum, the two universities will collaborate on research cooperation, exchanges of teachers and students, joint training of doctoral students, bilateral seminars, sharing of academic information and resources.

Founded in 1222, the University of Padova is a public comprehensive research-oriented university located in Padova, Italy. As one of the oldest universities in Italy, it currently has about 58,136 students and eight schools, including the School of Science, the School of Engineering, the School of Medicine, Law School, the School of Economics and Political Science, the School of Human and Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage and so on. According to the QS World University Rankings 2019, it ranks 5th in Italy and 249th in the world. Its world ranking is 95th in the field of natural sciences and within 150th in the subjects of civil engineering, physics, biological sciences, electricaland electronic engineering, art and humanities.

Reported by Chen Chao

Edited by Jia Aiping

Reviewed by Lyu Ying

Translated by Li Mingzhu