Lu Jianfei Invited to the 9th Kumamoto University Forum in Shanghai

     
     SHNU: The 9th Kumamoto University (KU) Forum was held in Shanghai on January 10. SHNU Party Secretary Lu Jianfei attended the forum on invitation.
      
     25 universities in China which have established interscholastic relationship with Kumamoto were invited to the forum. Lu delivered a keynote speech on behalf of these universities.

     Lu said SHNU would carry out international exchanges with KU from three aspects: SHNU will send teachers and students majoring in natural sciences to KU; both parties should offer bilingual courses to expand the scale of exchange students; the two universities should promote exchanges in culture and arts and provide various culture experience courses.

    Kumamoto University, founded in May, 1949, was established under the National School Establishment Law of Japan. It is located in Kumamoto City, in the heart of Japan’s Kyushu Island. KU has now become a comprehensive university with seven graduate schools and eight post-graduate faculties. Japanese famous writer Soseki Natsume took up his post as a lecturer in KU; two Japanese Prime Ministers graduated from this university. KU has an edge in medicine; its School of Medicine is the first Japanese hospital which succeeded in human liver transplantation operation. KU pays great attention to internationalized education and has established international exchange and cooperation relationship with 38 universities in China. Since KU establishment of interscholastic relationship with SHNU in April, 2008, the two universities have conducted short-term or long-term exchange programs.