On the morning of June 21, Graham Carr, Concordia’s Provost and Vice-President of Academic Affairs, paid a friendly visit to Beihang. Vice President Huang Haijun received the guest at the New Main Building. Heads from International Division also attended the meeting.
Vice President Huang warmly welcomed Carr for his first visit to Beihang, and introduced the current development of Beihang as well as the accomplishments achieved between the two universities since the signing of cooperation memorandum in 1998. Huang noted that Beihang was one of the earliest partners of cooperation in China, and the two universities had conducted in-depth collaboration in the fields of talent cultivation, scientific research, co-authored papers, etc. He hoped that the two sides will further deepen their cooperation in those fields in the future. Mr. Carr expressed his gratitude for Beihang’s friendly reception. He said both universities have many similarities in advantageous disciplines and agreed to strengthen the ties with Beihang by expanding the partnership through cooperation in different fields. During the meeting, both sides had in-depth exchanges and finally reached consensus on topics like exchange programs, teacher discussions, and bilateral seminars.
Following the meeting, Carr toured both the National Key Laboratory of CNS/ATM and the State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and Systems.
Founded in 1974, Concordia University is located in Montreal, the second largest city in Canada. It currently holds 46,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff. There are four schools/faculties in Concordia University: John Molson Business School, Faculty of Arts and Science, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, and Faculty of Fine Art. The university has obvious advantages in disciplines like electrical and electronic engineering, business management, art design, civil engineering, as well as English languageand literature.
Written by Chao Chen
Photographed by Yuxue Guo
Edited by Chao Song
Translated by Virginia Peng
