Chung Yuan Christian University Visited Sanya University for Collaborative Programs

On 6th of April, 2016, Cao Yanwei, Vice Director of International Department of Sanya University met with Hu Wei-Chih, Director of International and Cross-Strait Education Department, and Wang Ming-Chen, Director of International and Cross-Strait Education and Communication Center, Chung Yuan Christian University. Both sides agreed a start for students exchange and summer programs in the future collaborations. Deans of relevant schools from Sanya University presented in the meeting.

During the meeting, Cao Yanwei expressed her warmly welcoming remarks to the guests and made an overall introduction to the University. She emphasized on professional talents cultivation and collaborations with higher educational institutes in Taiwan in her introduction. She spoke highly of the educational philosophy, excellent academic quality and remarkable ranking of Chung Yuan Christian University and looked forward to establishing cooperation.

Meeting Scene

Mr. Hu Wei-Chih expressed his gratitude and gave detailed introduction to Chung Yuan Christian University. The university recognizes individual differences with respect to talents, character, capability, and background. It believes that full development of one’s potential signifies success and takes maintaining cultural heritage and, thus, to serve humankind as its aim. It believes that education has broader goals than merely exploring knowledge and improving technology, and education is also a process of building character and searching for the meaning of life and oneself. Mr. Hu Wei-Chih introduced Student C-Map which indicates students’ capability, teaching and learning quality and is an essential indicator for class optimization.

Dr. Wang Ming-Chen induced academic departments and emphasized on holistic education which fosters students with capability, character and optimistic attitude. Both guests were willing to discuss the joint research topics with relevant schools from Chung Yuan Christian University and start student programs with Sanya University.

During the meeting, Prof. Tian Yanfu, Dean of School of Management and concurrently, Dean of Silk Road Business School, Sanya University, introduced both School of Management and Silk Road Business School. He also pointed out that Chinese enterprises are different in their operrational mode with those in America during the process of “going out” and mergers and acquisitions. He wished Chung Yuan Christian University to bring forward the advanced experience from Taiwan’s enterprises and also expected more cooperation regarding talents cultivation with Chung Yuan Christian University.

Campus tour

Prof. Chai, Deputy Dean of School of Tourism Management and Prof. Gao, Deputy Dean of School of Finance and Economics, Sanya University, talked about the geographical and industrial similarities between Sanya and Taiwan. After the meeting, Cao Yanwei, Vice Director of International Department led the guests a campus tour to Shushan Hall and Bailuxi Gallery.

Group Picture

Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) is a private university in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The university was established as Chung Yuan Christian College of Science and Engineering in 1955 by a group of Taiwanese and American Christian educators to train science and engineering talent in the Christian spirit. The school was upgraded to a full university and renamed Chung Yuan Christian University in 1980. CYCU's stated mission is "to promote higher education for the benefit of the Chinese people, aiming at the pursuit and advancement of genuine knowledge. As the University grows in reputation, the Department of Education in Taiwan has on several occasions evaluated and rated CYCU as the best private comprehensive university.