The Six National Universities Network (SUN)/ International Education & Research System (SixERS) in Japan Signs International Exchange Agreement with Excellence League of China
December 1st, 2016
On November 28, the Six National Universities Network (SUN)/ International Education & Research System (SixERS) in Japan and the Excellence League (Excellence 9) of China signed an international exchange agreement. Masaru Araki, Director of SUN/SixERS, and Okayama University Executive Director and Vice President (Social Responsibility and International Affairs), and Qingnian Wang, South China University of Technology Director of International Office, co-signed the agreement.
On the next day, November 29, the signing ceremony was held in Kyoto in conjunction with a meeting of the Japan-China University Education Exchange Meeting. About 140 persons attended, including Consul General Li Tianran of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Osaka and representatives from the Excellence League, the Consortium of Six National Universities in Japan, and the Japan-China University Education Exchange Meeting. Advancements in academic exchanges between the Consortium and the League are being highly anticipated as a result of this agreement.
Director Wang of South China University of Technology (left) and Executive Director and Vice President Araki of Okayama University shake hands
Representatives of the Excellence League in China and the Six National Universities Network (SUN)/ International Education & Research System (SixERS), in Japan
