Prof. Jon Preece, Head of the School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham (UoB), led a scholar delegation to Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) for academic exchange from October 26 to 27, 2016. The experts and scholars on the delegation research in fields such as inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry and polymer chemistry. Zhang Xumu, chair of the Chemistry Department, SUSTech, received the guests. The two sides held an academic seminar.

At the seminar, Prof. Zhang introduced the Department of Chemistry, including educational concept, discipline layout, major setting, faculty, research findings, student training, campus life, etc. Preece spoke highly of the department’s leading research and academic level, expecting for deeper academic exchange with the department. Subsequently the two sides exchanged ideas on the cooperative graduate program.

Wang Yang, Deputy Dean of the Graduate School; Huang Limin, Vice Chair of the Chemistry Departmentand other professors of the department attended the seminar.
The department’s professors also made academic exchange with the delegation’s scholars on respective fields. After two days of discussion and exchange, the two sides were full of confidence in and looked forward to future cooperation.

Through the visit, the delegation’s professors and several professors at the Department of Chemistry reached the intent on joint PhD training. The admission work of the joint PhD program has begun.

Seminar scene

About The University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University)is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen’s College, Birmingham (founded in 1828 as the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery) and Mason Science College (established in 1875 by Sir Josiah Mason), making it the first English civic or ‘red brick’ university to receive its own royal charter. It is a founding member of both the Russell Group of British research universities and the international network of research universities, Universitas 21.

The university was ranked 15th in the UK and 76th in the world in the QS World University Rankings for 2015-16.In 2013, Birmingham was named ‘University of the Year 2014’ in the Times Higher Education awards. The 2015 Global Employability University Ranking places Birmingham at 80th world-wide and 12th in the UK. Birmingham is also ranked 4th in the UK for Graduate Prospects in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015.