President of University of Washington Michael Young Visited SJTU

On the morning of November 1, President of University of Washington Michael Young and his group visited Shanghai Jiao Tong University. SJTU President Zhang Jie met with the guests. Zhang Jie pointed out that internationalization is an important development strategic for SJTU and he expected further cooperations with University of Washington. Michael Young said that Chinese students accounted for more than half of total international students, he expected the cooperation as well. After the discussion, agreements were reached to the matters as joint scientific research, cultural exchange, business cooperation and other fields.

Relevant personnel from School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Systems Biomedicine Research Center, Department of Physics & Astronomy , Office of International Cooperation & Exchange, attended the meeting.

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