IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY

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Mission of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

The Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) is a spiritual and intellectual successor of multi-century Georgian culture, humanistic traditions and old Georgian educational, scientific and cultural centers.
The mission of this first Georgian university is:
•To establish national and universal values;
•To promote the intellectual, moral, cultural and socio-economic development of the society;
•To develop the university traditions through innovative research and learning;
•To protect academic freedom;
•To take care of personal and professional development of students and professors;
•To create, maintain and transfer knowledge;
•To develop basic and applied research studies;
•To promote student-centered learning and to train competitive staff;
•To promote continuing education;
•To develop international academic and scientific collaboration;
•To provide honorary membership of the free global university society.

the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University is one of the first scientific-research institutions of Georgia. It implements about 200 local and international scientific grant programs annually.

The Tbilisi State University is one of the largest higher educational institutions by its scales. Today about 22 thousand students are undergoing studies at seven faculties of TSU.

Along with bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs, the Tbilisi State University also implements higher vocational education, as well as short and long term certification programs. Based on close cooperation with foreign universities, Georgian students have opportunities to participate in exchange and joint international educational programs and gain double academic degrees.

Tbilisi State University is an active member of leading international education networks and is proud of its alumni – prominent professors, scientists and graduates, who have successfully integrated into the European community and gained the recognition worldwide.

TSU offers a wide variety of degree programs at undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels and short courses offered in English language attracting students from all over the world. The internalization of TSU is fast- paced and it aims at creating multicultural environment that will enhance teaching and research opportunities. TSU promotes the equality to access education and believes in engaging and valuing all students and staff.

ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

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Ilia State University was founded in 2006, as a result of the unification of 6 different academic institutes with long and varied histories. Currently, Ilia State University is one of the leading research and educational institutions in Georgia. Ilia State represents a special connection between students and professors – a multifunctional educational and scientific institution where the joint work of professors, students, researchers and instructors creates a unified space for higher education and research.

This productive, unified, space is based on three basic principles:

Academic Freedom;
Freedom of Conscience;
Freedom of Choice;
These principles issue from each other and determine each other: Students, instructors, researchers and professors are free to choose areas of study and research, as well at their direction, co-workers, and supervisors. No one has the right to forbid the students, professors, researchers, and instructors, the study of any particular topic or the publication of scientific findings, based on political or moral objections. Students and professors are free to choose any transparent and responsible forms of self-governance, which they belive to be best for the advancement of their union – the university – and its common goals.

MISSION
The mission of Ilia State University is to create, transfer and apply knowledge for the purposes of scientific advancement and societal development both at local and international level.

VISION
Ilia State University will be the leading and rapidly developing research university in Georgia and the entire region by 2024 creating the bases for scientific and technological progress, high standard educational processes and public well-being through its innovative approaches.

GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES

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The University of Foreign Studies of Guangdong, one of the top universities of the province, of high academic level and with outstanding characteristics of internationalization, is an important center located in the south of China dedicated to the training of qualified personnel for International Affairs and Research in foreign languages ​​and cultures, in economic and commercial relations with foreign countries and in international strategies. Currently, the University has 20,454 full-time students, more than 2,000 graduate students and more than 13,000 foreign or continuing education students.
 
History
 
The University of Foreign Studies of Guangdong was formed in June 1995 on the basis of the former Institute of Foreign Languages ​​of Guangzhou and the former Institute of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Guangzhou. The first, one of the three famous institutes of foreign languages ​​under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education of China, was established in 1965, while the second, directly subordinated to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (Ministry of Commerce today in day), was founded in 1980 as one of the first national teaching centers offering a degree program in economics and international trade. Since October 2008, the Professional Institute of Finance and Economics of Guangdong is also part of the University.
 
Campus
 
The University, which is located in Guangzhou (one of the main historical and cultural cities of China and economic center of the South of the country), has three campuses, with a total area of ​​153 hectares. The North Campus, with an area of ​​63 hectares, is located on the northern slope of the Baiyun Mountain, the South Campus, with an area of ​​73 hectares, is located in the University City of Guangzhou and the Dalang campus, with an area of 17 hectares, is in the area of ​​the same name. The University enjoys a beautiful environment, with wonderful green and cheerful areas, fresh air and streams with bridges.

Perspectives
 
Following the idea of "integral education and pursuit of excellence" and cultivating a cultural environment characterized by diversity, elegance and flexibility, the University is committed to everything that allows a better development of itself and strives to accelerate reform and innovation and strongly encourage the internationalization of faculty, students, research and management to make our university a high-level institution of excellent quality, with a high reputation and with outstanding internationalization characteristics.

YANSHAN UNIVERSITY (HEBEI PROVINCE)

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Yanshan University (YSU), co-constructed by Hebei Provincial Government, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and National Defense Science and Industry Bureau, is participating in the country’s construction plan of national first-class university and world-class disciplines with strong support from the Hebei Provincial Government. YSU is a member of the Cooperation Consortium of Beijing High Technology Universities. Encompassing 266.67 hectare of grounds with a total floor area of 1.06 million square meters, YSU now is attended by 38,000 students receiving regular higher education.

HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (HARBIN)

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The Harbin Institute of Technology is a research university in China and a member of China’s elite C9 League. HIT has three campuses, spanning the country from north to south: the Harbin campus in Heilongjiang Province, the Weihai campus in Shandong Province and the Shenzhen campus in Guangdong Province.

HIT is consistently ranked as one of the top universities in the country with a focus on science and engineering. HIT was ranked 6th in the Best Global Universities for Engineering by U.S. News in 2017. HIT is one of the only handful of universities in the world that have designed, built, and launched their own satellites (in 2004, 2008 and 2013).

Motto:
Being strict in qualifications for graduates; making every endeavor in educating students

CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

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Founded 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong. Acquired present status and title 1994
Guiding Principles

Student success in academic achievement and career development
Excellence in learning and research, technology innovation and knowledge transfer
Benefit to the social and economic wellbeing of Hong Kong
Accountability in the use of public resources
Global outreach and international competitiveness

Vision: City University of Hong Kong aspires to become a leading global university, excelling in research and professional education.

Mission: To nurture and develop the talents of students and to create applicable knowledge in order to support social and economic advancement.

PEKING UNIVERSITY

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Peking University is a comprehensive and national key university. The campus, known as "Yan Yuan"（the garden of Yan）, is situated at Haidian District in the western suburb of Beijing, with a total area of 2,743,532 square metres (or 274 hectares). It stands near to the Yuanmingyuan Garden and the Summer Palace.

Peking University is proud of its outstanding faculty, including 53 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 7 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and 14 members of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

The university has effectively combined research on important scientific subjects with the training of personnel with a high level of specialized knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the country’s socialist modernization. It strives not only for improvements in teaching and research work, but also for the promotion of interaction and mutual promotion among various disciplines.

Thus Peking University has become a center for teaching and research and a university of a new type, embracing diverse branches of learning such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and sciences of medicine, management, and education. Its aim is to rank among the world’s best universities in the future.

TONGJI UNIVERSITY (SHANGHAI)

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Tongji University is one of the leading universities in China underdirect administration of Ministry of Education, listed on “Project 985” and “Project 211”. With a history of over a century, Tongji has valued the balanced development of four functions, i.e. education, research, outreach, and culture inheritance and innovation.
The history of Tongji can be traced back to 1907 when German Medical School was founded by Erich Paulun, a German doctor in Shanghai. After being renamed Tongji German Medical School in the following year, it was formally established as a university in 1923. It became National Tongji University in 1927, one of the seven earliest national universities of China. Around 1949, Tongji already boasted five colleges of natural sciences, engineering, medical science, liberal arts and law, and enjoyed a fine reputation as a comprehensive university both home and abroad. Following a nationwide campaign of restructuring universities in 1952, Tongji became an engineering-intensive university with top-notch strength in civil engineering and architecture, which is second to none in terms of scale and number of disciplines. Since 1978, “two transforms” were launched, namely, the transforming to an international university by restoring links to Germany, and the transforming from a university focusing mainly on civil engineering to multi-disciplinary engineering university. In 1995, Tongji declared to be jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal Government. By 2007 when it was celebrating its centennial, Tongji had become a comprehensive, international, research-oriented university with distinct features and global influence. In 2013, the university proposed its vision of “a sustainability-oriented, world-class university”.
The university now covers 10 broad categories of academic disciplines, including engineering, science, medicine, management, economics, philosophy, literature, law, education and arts. The number of faculty stands at 2,786, of which 855 are professors, and 997 associate professors. The university now registers 18,581 full-time undergraduate students, 13,762 graduate students, and 4,279 PhD candidates. Another 2,197 international students are pursuing their degrees here.
The university offers 75 undergraduate majors (50 of which are enrolling students according to 17 broad disciplinary categories).It can grant master degrees in 55 broad academic disciplines, together with 15 professional Master’s programs and 26 engineering Master’s programs. It also grants PhD degrees in 31 broad academic disciplines with 3 professional PhD programs and 25 post-doctoral mobile research stations. Of all the disciplines, 3 are first-level national key disciplines, 7 second-level national key disciplines, 3 second-level national key disciplines (incubated), and 17 first-level Shanghai disciplines. There are 3 State Key Laboratories, 1 National Engineering Lab, 5 National Engineering (Technology) Research Centers, and 26 ministerial/provincial-level key labs and engineering (technology) research centers as well as 7 affiliated hospitals and 4 affiliated high schools. Since its founding, Tongji has turned out nearly 300,000 graduates, among which many are extraordinary political leaders, scientists, educators, social activists, business leaders, medical specialists, and engineering technology experts. Over 140 alumni are academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, or the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

SHANXI UNIVERSITY (SHANXI PROVINCE)

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Shanxi University, established in 1902, is in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province, which has a history of 2,500 years. The school itself can be traced back to Sanli College, of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and Jinyang College and Lingde College, of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). In its early period, the school worked on integrating Chinese culture and Western culture and the arts and sciences. It had great flexibility in its management and advanced educational ideas, and was a cradle of higher education in China and a crucial center of culture, science, and education in Shanxi province for more than 100 years.

It covers many disciplines and 12 academic fields, with 90 undergraduate specialties and 17 undergraduate double-majors. There are three academic worksites, 14 post-doc research sites, 15 PhD disciplines, 37 master’s degree disciplines, and 13 engineering master’s degree disciplines. It also has two special PhD cross-disciplines that are not included in the Education Ministry’s catalogue of disciplines.

It has key State-level laboratories, Education Ministry laboratories, Education Ministry humanities and social sciences research bases, and an Education Ministry approved engineering research center, giving it a solid academic and scientific research foundation. It also handles important national 973 Projects, national 863 Projects, and projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, and the Social Science Foundation, 16 of which have won awards, including a national Natural Science award, national Technological Innovation award, national Scientific and Technological Progress award, Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities award from the Education Ministry, a Social Sciences award for Chinese Higher Education Institutions, and an Education Ministry Natural Science award.

XI’AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY-SOCIAL SCIENCES

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XJTU is a key university which is directly administered by the Chinese Education Ministry and is one of the oldest current institutions of higher education in China. The predecessor of XJTU was Nanyang College, which was founded in 1896 in Shanghai and renamed Jiaotong University in 1921. In 1956, the main body of Jiaotong University was moved to Xi’an according to the decision issued by the State Council, and was formally named Xi’an Jiaotong University in 1959, which was listed as a national key university. Xi’an Jiaotong University, as one of the first universities entering the seventh and eighth five-plan, as well as China’s "211 Project" and “985 Project”, is selected to be developed into a global first-class university. In April 2000, approved by the State Council, the original Xi’an Medical University and original Shaanxi Institute of Finance and Economics were integrated into Xi’an Jiaotong University.
Currently Xi’an Jiaotong University is a comprehensive research university with scientific focus. It is composed of 10 branches of learning, namely: science, engineering, medicine, economics, management, literature, law, philosophy, education and art.

School motto:
“Rigor, integrity, determination and loyalty.”
Mission:
Cultivate upstanding, industrious and truth-seeking talents with a strong sense of social responsibility and a commitment to scientific inquiry and innovation. Commit itself to the advancement, preservation, application and dissemination of knowledge, so that it may contribute to the progress of science and technology, and the betterment of human society in China and the world at large.
Vision:
Fulfill its three-pronged mission of education, research, and social service and achieve prominence. By the middle period of 21 century, become a world-class research university honored at home and respected throughout the world, where prestigious teachers and talented students gather.