Calendar 2018-19

The University 17 Part 1 n n International Links The University aspires to become a leading university in China and the region, and the international university of choice in East Asia. To this end, it seeks to forge alliances with universities, institutions, foundations, government organizations, and international networks across the globe through the Office of Academic Links (OAL), the University’s international academic relations arm. The efforts of OAL enable the University to actively foster international partnerships and research collaborations with institutions worldwide. To facilitate the formation and development of partnerships, OAL administers a number of schemes to promote academic and research collaborations through mobility and conference organization. Some of these schemes include graduate student mobility schemes, faculty mobility schemes and the CUHK Research Summit Series. The University is a member of a number of international associations and networks that provide platforms for forming partnerships, exchanging ideas and knowledge for teaching and research, and promoting cultural exchange. These include the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), the Association of Pacific RimUniversities (APRU), the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE), and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), just to name a few. OAL coordinates interactions within these associations and promotes joint academic and research opportunities with member institutions. In addition to building and maintaining relationships worldwide, OAL is also instrumental in the coordination of all international partnerships and agreements at the University, as well as the establishment of new international academic initiatives. The University currently has over 750 agreements with institutions overseas. Within the University, OAL assists individual units to identify common areas of interest in teaching and research with overseas institutions and provides advice in realizing joint research, teaching and other academic initiatives. Every year, some 120 overseas delegations visit the University, with many leading to collaborative teaching and research projects. OAL is also an outreach arm of the University and actively promotes CUHK abroad. n n China Links The University has consistently developed academic links and research collaboration with educational and research institutions on the mainland and in Taiwan. Both the scope and the mode of exchange activities have expanded considerably over the years. A variety of academic exchange agreements have been concluded by the University or its academic departments with mainland and Taiwan institutions. These include memoranda for research and teaching collaborations, faculty and student exchange programmes, joint curriculum and academic activities. Major partners of CUHK include the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),