INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras is one among the foremost institutes of national importance in higher technological education, basic and applied research. In 1956, the German Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in India. The first Indo-German agreement in Bonn, West Germany for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras was signed in 1959.

The Institute was formally inaugurated in 1959 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. The IIT system has sixteen Institutes of Technology. The first of these to be instituted are at Kharagpur (estb. 1951), Mumbai (estb. 1958), Chennai (estb. 1959), Kanpur (estb. 1959), Delhi (estb. 1961), Guwahati (estb. 1994) and Roorkee (estb. 1847, joined IITs in 2001).

IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 550 faculty, 8000 students and 1250 administrative & supporting staff and is a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares. It has established itself as a premier centre for teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the country.

The Institute has sixteen academic departments and a few advanced research centres in various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories organised in a unique pattern of functioning. A faculty of international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical & supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the pre-eminent status of IIT Madras. The campus is located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras. Chennai is the state capital of Tamilnadu, a southern state in India.

A General Charter
The Goals and Objectives were derived from the Sarkar Committee Report and embodied in the IIT Act. In addition to the Sarkar Committee report, the IIT act and the Statutes of the IITs indicate the lines along which IITs should develop. According to these documents IITs are expected

to be higher technical institutions and research in some branches of Engineering on the lines of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – better known as MIT;
to provide for instruction and research in some branches of Engineering and Technology, Science and Arts for the advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge in specific branches.

The two broad objectives which emerge from the above line of development are

the advancement of knowledge through education and research, in both Pure and Applied Science, in engineering, Social science and Humanities;
service to the community and nation (which are referred to as Extension activity) through the use if their resources both intellectual and material, particularly through Continuing Education for professionals working in Industry.

UNIVERSITY ART OF ISFAHAN

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About us
Art University of Isfahan was established in 1977 as (Isfahan Pardis College) in the heart of Isfahan, the city of Art and Architecture in central Iran. In the first years of its academic activity, Pardis was a part of Farabi University, Tehran. This college was the first national center in the field of conservation, and its primary aim was to educate and train specialized artists and engineers in the field of restoration and conservation of historical artifacts and monuments and architectures.
The college re-started its activity 4 years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. In 1990 the college became independent from Art University of Tehran (Farabi University) and 10 years later, in 2000 the college became accreditation as a University with 5 majors in undergraduate level in the fields of fine arts and architecture, and 3 majors in architecture and conservation in graduate level.
Nowadays, Art University of Isfahan has 18 majors in undergraduate level, 22 postgraduate, and 8 PhD level
Due to its settlement in historical houses and monuments in the city of Isfahan, an ideal artistic and architectural environment has been provided as the campus for its near 3000 students.

Vision and Mission
The Art University of Isfahan is a young, modern institute of higher education located centrally in the area bordering the five Iranian federal states.
The heritage of Isfahan as a home for art, culture, education and research dates back to many years ago.
The mission of the five comprehensive faculties which were simultaneously founded at that time was to bring together theoretical and practical training, to implement enhanced permeability and equality of opportunity in the educational system while driving a more regional approach to study programmers and research.

RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY

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Founded in 1900, Ritsumeikan University (RU) is a private university offering 13 undergraduate and 19 graduate disciplines across four campuses in Kyoto, Shiga, and Osaka. RU accommodates more than 32,000 undergraduate and 2,900 postgraduate students. Globalization is one of the key components across all academic disciplines, and RU sends more than 1,800 students abroad and hosts 1,100 international students annually.

OSAKA UNIVERSITY

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Osaka University is a national university founded in 1931 that has traditionally valued liberal ways of thinking, novelty, advancement, and academic research. The university now boasts 11 schools and faculties, 16 graduate schools, more than 36 research facilities, 19 joint-use facilities, 5 research institutes, 2 hospitals, 4 libraries, 19 joint.-use facilities, and 3 national joint-use facilities.

WASEDA UNIVERSITY

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Inheriting tradition, creating an era, nurturing knowledge. Located in the heart of Tokyo and founded in 1882, Waseda University is well known as one of the most prestigious and liberal private universities and for keeping its long tradition alive while developing new ideas and cultural thought. With a student population of more than 50,000 from Japan and 100 countries worldwide, Waseda university strives to become a truly global university.

NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (SHANXI PROVINCE)

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Located in the historic city of Xi’an, cradle of Chinese civilization and terminus of the ancient Silk Road, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) is the only multidisciplinary and research-oriented in China that is simultaneously developing education and research programs in the fields of aeronautics, astronautics, and marine technology engineering. It is now affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), NPU has always been one of the nation’s key universities. In 1960 it was approved as a state key university by the State Council. It ranked among China’s top 15 universities in the state’s 7th and 8th Five-Year plans; and NPU is one of the first 22 universities to have established a graduate school. It was one of the first universities to enter into the 211 Project in 1995 and the 985 Project in 2001. NPU is a member of the "Outstanding University Alliance" program and is honored as a National Role Model Unit, a National Pioneer for Optimal Advanced Basic-level Party Organization and a Model University for Graduate Employment etc. NPU adheres to the motto " Loyalty，Integrity，Courage and Perseverance" while carrying forward the spirit of " Strong Preparation，Diligent Effort，Practical Attitude，and Creative Innovation". NPU has put its roots down in the west; dedicated itself to national defense and written several “firsts” into the history of the PRC. Now NPU will continue to pioneer new pathways into the future in the process of building a world first-class university and world first-class disciplines.

Student-Oriented,Education-Directed, Scholar-Centered, Academic-Crucial, and Responsibility-Aimed

On the long march towards establishing a world first-class university and world first-class disciplines, NPU is drawing on its deep moral, intellectual and spiritual roots so that it can serve the major strategic needs of the country and foster China’s modernization and construction while promoting world scientific and technological progress. NPU will stick to this mission as it continues to reform and innovate, build its strength and strive for excellence. NPU thus aims to keep pushing back the frontiers of knowledge, opening new vistas of intellectual inquiry and turning inspiration into reality as it builds a world-class university with a global reputation in the field of aeronautics, astronautics, and marine technology engineering.

XI’AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY

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Founded in 1952, Xi’an International Studies University (referred as theUniversity thereafter) is one of the earliest 4 foreign language institutions established in new China.

Multilayered System in Higher Education
The University has 23 departments/schools and offers 52 undergraduate programs, and master degrees for 4 disciplines in Category I, 53 disciplines in Category II, and 6 professional disciplines, as well as doctoral degrees in one Category I discipline and 13 disciplines in Category II, and one post-doctoral research station. The University recruit`s students from 37 countries and undertakes adult and non-academic education, preparation government-funded overseas study, and enterprises-commissioned training programs. The total enrollment is about 20,000, and among them 18,675 are full-time students.
Key Disciplines
The University now owns one featured program in foreign language and literature (Category I) and 3 key disciplines in Shaanxi Province, such as English language and literature, etc. The University offers 5nationallyfeatured programs including Russian and translation studies. English is a pilot program of national comprehensive reform for academic disciplines. The University now has 5 "brand-name" programs (including German and French, etc.) and 9 featured programs (including Japanese andaccounting, etc.) in Shaanxi Province, and 11 innovative experimental facilities for trainingtalents at both national and provincial level. Foreign language and literature programs ranked seventh nationwide in the third round of disciplinary assessment. The University declared 17 leading programs of Shaanxi Province in 2016.

Mission Statement
Based in Shaanxi Province, XISU strives to serve the greater Northwestern China, and expands its influence to the entire country and worldwide. With foreign language education as the primaryacademic entity, XISU has been developed as a teaching-research university that features studies in humanities and social sciences.
XISU is dedicated to cultivating its students to be interdisciplinary and internationalized talents who are equipped with complete personality, professional knowledge, international perspective, cultural self-consciousness, innovation, and practicability. The graduates are missioned to proactively serve for regional economic growth and social advancement, and contribute to China’s opening strategy and modernization.