A newly drafted partnership, signed in September in New York by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and officials with the China Scholarship Council (CSC), will bring up to 15 new PhD students per year from China to study at Washington University in St. Louis. The collaboration, which will last five years, represents a new and increased commitment level from the Chinese government to the university.
今年9月在纽约,圣路易斯华盛顿大学Mark S. Wrighton校长和中国国家留学基金管理委员会刘京辉秘书长签署了合作协议,这项协议将每年从中国派遣15名博士生到华盛顿大学学习。协议为期5年,代表着华大与中国官方在教育交流方面进一步的合作关系。
Jinghui Liu, secretary-general of the China Scholarship Council (left), and Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton signed a new agreement Sept. 26 in New York, creating a joint sponsorship program of Chinese PhD students. The first cohort will come to Washington University in fall 2018.
中国国家留学基金管理委员会刘京辉秘书长和圣路易斯华盛顿大学Mark S. Wrighton校长9月26日在纽约签署协议,设立了共同资助中国博士生的项目。第一批学生将会在2018年秋天抵达圣路易斯华盛顿大学
“This new partnership is an affirmation of Washington University’s commitment to global education and collaboration, building upon decades of international scholarly exchange and the strength of our McDonnell International Scholars Academy,” Wrighton said.
Wrighton校长表示,建立在华大麦道国际学者学院(McDonnell International Scholars Academy) 国际学术交流、学者交换基础上,这个新的合作关系强化了数十年华大对国际化教育合作的努力成果。
As part of the agreement, Washington University and the CSC will jointly sponsor the students on an equal basis, providing tuition support, a stipend and other benefits so they may pursue a PhD or another doctoral degree in St. Louis. Students will be accepted from any university in China, including McDonnell International Scholars Academy partners. A collaborative effort already is underway to encourage the country’s best students to apply.
Several Washington University leaders joined Wrighton in securing the new agreement with the CSC, including Shenyang Guo, assistant vice chancellor for international affairs for Greater China; Bill Xu, head of Washington University’s China office; and James Wertsch, vice chancellor for international affairs and director of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.
“This new program will increase our already very successful effort to recruit the very top students from universities all across China,” Wertsch said. “It also increases the pool of Chinese universities with whom we can work to recruit and mentor their best graduates, and hopefully help them build their own institutions in the long run.”
The students will be known as CSC/WashU Fellows, and will be selected from a wide range of programs and disciplines. The first cohort will arrive in St. Louis in fall 2018.
“Overall, this is an important new chapter in our efforts to build long-term collaborative relationships with Chinese universities,” Wertsch said. “It promises to build even more research and teaching partnerships over the coming generations.”