Source: Office of International Cooperation & Exchange
Written by: Office of International Cooperation & Exchange
Translated by: Liang Wenjie
Edited by: Wang Dongmei

On March 13-14, the “2014 German Higher Education Day” was held in Swasey Hall on South Campus of SYSU. Representatives from 12 German universities and institutions participated in the event. On the afternoon of March 13, the opening ceremony was held in Swasey Hall. Professor Zhu Xiping, Vice President of SYSU, Mr. Jochen Ulrich Kuenzel, Consul of Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Guangzhou, and Dr. Thomas Schmidt-Doerr, Director of DAAD Branch Office Beijing, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech.


Vice President Zhu Xiping extended a warm welcome to the representatives from German universities and institutions. He pointed out in his speech that German universities have always been SYSU’s important cooperative partners. SYSU would like to develop more cooperative projects with German partners, and engage in high-level and substantive collaborations of various forms. He also expressed his hope that teachers and students can learn more about universities and higher education in Germany and benefit from the communication on the German Higher Education Day.

The German Higher Education Day was hosted by the DAAD Information Center Guangzhou and organized by the Office of International Cooperation & Exchange of SYSU, aiming at providing a platform for university teachers and students in Guangdong to have face-to-face exchanges with representatives from German universities and institutions. Since 2006, SYSU has successfully organized four such events.