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16 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 Liaison with the World of Learning With the globalization of higher education gaining prominence in the world, the University has been attaching great importance to internationalization and engagement with mainland China in its teaching and research activities, with a view to strengthening its research capacity, education for students, and visibility and impact around the world. Over the years, the University has established and maintained partnerships with a large number of institutions nationally and internationally, including universities, research institutes, centres of learning, government agencies and regional and international associations of higher learning and research. Academic linkages and programmes at the University are managed by two offices: the Office of Academic Links and the Office of Academic Links (China). The former is responsible for the coordination of student exchange programmes and the University’s internationalization engagements, while the latter is responsible for academic linkages on the mainland and in Taiwan. n n Student Exchanges The history of student exchange at CUHK began in 1965 when the University established its first student exchange agreement with the University of California system. Since then, the University has established numerous student exchange programmes with over 280 partner institutions in more than 30 countries and regions worldwide. In the 2017–18 academic year, more than 1,000 students participated in student exchange programmes at the University’s partner institutions for a term or an academic year. Besides, some 6,000 short-term experiential learning opportunities outside of Hong Kong were offered by various Colleges, academic departments and units. Each year over 1,500 international students study at CUHK as exchange and visiting students. The active international student population at CUHK has made the University a multicultural campus where local and international students learn, live and engage in cultural exchange together. Some of CUHK’s exchange partners include the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Southern California in the US, the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto in Canada, University of Cambridge in the UK, Kyoto University in Japan, the University of Sydney in Australia, ETH Zurich in Switzerland, and Tsinghua University and Peking University in mainland China. There are also exchange agreements with institutions in Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.