Calendar 2021-22

20 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 To make learning more accessible, the University’s Global Online Academic Learning Programmes (GOAL) allow students to benefit from global education and experience without having to travel. Such opportunities help students to hone their digital skills and prepare them for the global, technology- driven, and borderless workplace of tomorrow. n n International Relations The Office of Academic Links (OAL) serves as the international relations arm for the University. Much of its effort is devoted to the internationalization of the University’s teaching, student experience, research and outreach. It is a central coordinator for all international partnerships and global education programmes, and facilitates academic departments to develop such partnerships and programmes. OAL is instrumental in driving and fortifying academic collaborations. At present, the University has over 700 agreements with institutions worldwide for partnerships ranging from student exchange to collaborative teaching programmes and joint research centres. OAL actively identifies new opportunities and develops programmes with partners of strategic significance to cultivate and consolidate ties; assists individual units within the University to realize joint initiatives with overseas institutions; and administers schemes that support faculty and graduate student mobility, knowledge exchange, and research development. The University is an active member of a number of international academic alliances that provide opportunities for forming multi-lateral collaborations, exchanging knowledge and best practices, and promoting cultural exchange. These include the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), and the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE), just to name a few. OAL leads engagements with these alliances and promotes academic and research cooperation with member institutions. As part of its continued efforts to strengthen the University’s presence in the international arena, OAL works with major university ranking agencies including Times Higher Education (THE) and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) to promote CUHK to the global academic community and reinforce it as the partner of choice for education and research. 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.