Recently, Beijing University of Technology and the University of Nottingham officially signed a cooperation agreement for the “Overseas Co-cultivation Program” of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission. According to the agreement, the two parties intend to cooperate in the “Overseas Co-cultivation Program” in four majors, including civil engineering, electronic information engineering, mathematics and applied mathematics, and biotechnology. Relying on this program, Beijing University of Technology can select no more than 20 students who participate in the “Overseas Co-cultivation Program” to go to the University of Nottingham for two years of exchange study.
Beijing University of Technology and the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom established a cooperative relationship in early 2018. The two universities initially established a joint bachelor-master’s degree program in the related majors of the School of Life. In March 2018, Xie Hui, the party secretary of the university was invited to meet with the President Shearer West of the University of Nottingham for the first time to reach a preliminary intention for the full cooperation of the two universities. In October of the same year, Liu Gonghui, deputy secretary of the university party committee and president of the university, visited the University of Nottingham and signed a memorandum of understanding on the all-round cooperation between the two universities with President Shearer West, conducted in-depth discussions on the areas and directions of cooperation, and confirmed the cooperation in the “Overseas Co-cultivation Program” of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission. The Beijing University of Technology organized the International Exchange and Cooperation Office, the Academic Affairs Office, the Information Science Department, the College of Engineering, the School of Mathematics and Physics, the School of Life and other related offices and colleges to hold several meetings with the University of Nottingham on relevant subjects to discuss the matching of student training programs and curriculum recognition. At present, the program has been submitted to the Beijing Education Commission and is expected to be included in the 2019 Undergraduate Admissions Program of Beijing University of Technology.
The “Overseas Co-cultivation Program” is a high-level undergraduate talent cross-cultivation program implemented by Beijing to deepen the comprehensive reform of higher education. It adopts the “1+2+1” cultivating mode, and students are co-cultivated at overseas universities in the 2nd and 3rd academic years.
Up to now, in addition to the “Overseas Co-cultivation Program” of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, Beijing University of Technology and the University of Nottingham have signed the agreement on joint bachelor-master’s degree program and agreement on the long-term and short-term student exchange, and the two university teachers also carried out a number of cooperation in scientific research. The signing of the “Overseas Co-cultivation Program” cooperation agreement further enriches the international communication channels of students of Beijing University of Technology and will effectively promote the in-depth cooperation between the university and international high-level universities.
Founded in 1881, the University of Nottingham is located in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom. It is a world-renowned UK top research university and one of the top 100 universities in the world. The University of Nottingham is a member of the Russell University Group, a member of the China-UK University Engineering Education and Research Alliance, a founding member of the Universitas 21, a founding member of the M5 University Alliance and a member of the Sutton Trust13. In the 2019 World University Rankings, it is ranked 83rd in the world. In the 2017 World University Academic Rankings, it ranks 10th -17th in the UK and 101st -150th in the world. As a century-old university, the University of Nottingham has trained many outstanding alumni, including three Nobel laureates and Olympic medal winners.
