Calendar 2020-21

18 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 Liaison with the World of Learning 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, CUHK 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 collaborations 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 University’s internationalization engagements and the coordination of student exchange programmes, while the latter is responsible for academic linkages on the mainland and in Taiwan and Macau. 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 student exchange programmes with over 290 partner institutions in more than 35 countries and regions worldwide with an aim of enriching the international exposure and intercultural experience of students. In the 2019–20 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 makes the University a multicultural campus where local and international students learn, live and engage in cultural exchange. 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, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.