Tartu Signs Agreement with Top Chinese University
21.04.2009
A bilateral agreement between the University of Tartu and Tsinghua University was signed by UT Rector Alar Karis and Tsinghua Vice-President Xie Weihe, to take effect as of April 17, 2009. The agreement provides for the exchange of three students a year studying in each partner university .
This agreement marks a significant step in UT's Asian cooperation. Negotiations for this agreement began as early as August 2007, when former UT Vice-Rector for Research, Ain Heinaru (Professor of Genetics and Chairman of the Board of Tartu Science Park) visited Tsinghua as part of a Tartu Science Park delegation. During this visit, Prof. Heinaru gave Tsinghua's Vice-Presiden Kang Kejun a draft of a cooperation agreement.
Tartu Science Park has had active cooperation with the Technology Transfer Centre of Tsinghua University for over three years.
Tsinghua University, located in Beijing, is one of China's best universities. Founded in 1911 as a preparatory school for students to go on to US universities, Tsinghua has rapidly developed into a strong, comprehensive research university. Tsinghua developed especially quickly at the end of the 1970s, when China began to open itself to the western world. The university has 14 faculties and over 25,000 students. More teaching staff work at Tsinghua than any other Chinese university - 2789, of whom 1142 are professors.
The University of Tartu has bilateral cooperation agreements with 48 universities from 19 countries. UT's experience with China has thus far been limited to one partner, Hong Kong Baptist University; Tsinghua is UT's first partner on Mainland China.
Further information: Virve-Anneli Vihman, Head of the International Relations Office, tel 737 6191, virve.vihman [ät] ut.ee
This agreement marks a significant step in UT's Asian cooperation. Negotiations for this agreement began as early as August 2007, when former UT Vice-Rector for Research, Ain Heinaru (Professor of Genetics and Chairman of the Board of Tartu Science Park) visited Tsinghua as part of a Tartu Science Park delegation. During this visit, Prof. Heinaru gave Tsinghua's Vice-Presiden Kang Kejun a draft of a cooperation agreement.
Tartu Science Park has had active cooperation with the Technology Transfer Centre of Tsinghua University for over three years.
Tsinghua University, located in Beijing, is one of China's best universities. Founded in 1911 as a preparatory school for students to go on to US universities, Tsinghua has rapidly developed into a strong, comprehensive research university. Tsinghua developed especially quickly at the end of the 1970s, when China began to open itself to the western world. The university has 14 faculties and over 25,000 students. More teaching staff work at Tsinghua than any other Chinese university - 2789, of whom 1142 are professors.
The University of Tartu has bilateral cooperation agreements with 48 universities from 19 countries. UT's experience with China has thus far been limited to one partner, Hong Kong Baptist University; Tsinghua is UT's first partner on Mainland China.
Further information: Virve-Anneli Vihman, Head of the International Relations Office, tel 737 6191, virve.vihman [ät] ut.ee