On the afternoon of December 1, Melanie Gray, Vice-Chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts, UK, and her delegation visited our university for exchanges. Vice President Chai Jianping met with the delegation members, and both sides engaged in in-depth discussions on deepening the cooperative relationship between the two universities.
Chai Jianping welcomed Melanie Gray and her delegation, and introduced the university's distinctive educational features and achievements in internationalized education. He stated that the University for the Creative Arts, as a higher education institution with design and art as its core strengths, enjoys a high reputation in the UK and even in Europe. Its disciplinary characteristics are highly aligned with the university's disciplinary development layout. Chai Jianping expressed that the two universities have already engaged in practical cooperation in the field of international foundation education, laying a solid foundation for expanding deeper and broader cooperation in the future. He hopes that this visit will serve as an opportunity to promote collaborative innovation between the two sides in areas such as student exchange, academic seminars, and cultural exchanges, and to jointly advance the sharing of high-quality educational resources and mutual learning among cultures.
Melanie Gray highly praised the outstanding achievements of Communication University of China over its 70-year history. She stated that the two universities have high complementarity and cooperation potential in advantageous art majors such as design, film and television, animation, and games. She expressed anticipation for deepening practical cooperation in projects such as joint curriculum development, teacher training, and joint student cultivation in the future, thereby promoting high-quality coordinated development between both parties in the field of art and creative education.
Julian Henry, Associate Director of Admissions at the University for the Creative Arts, and Lisa Li, Regional Head of Admissions, accompanied the visit. Zheng Yue, Dean of the School of Drama, Film and Television, Han Ying, Liaison Officer for International Affairs, and Wang Lei, Dean of the School of Animation and Digital Arts, along with Wang Wenyuan, Director of the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, and Zhang Peipei, Deputy Director, attended the meeting.
This article was translated with AI assistance.
Editor: Fang Yiran
