To further promote substantive cooperation with high-level institutions and research institutes in the UK and Germany, and to recruit overseas high-level talents, President Hao Haiping led a delegation to visit the UK and Germany from November 3 to 9 at the invitation of the University of Manchester and the University of Cambridge in the UK, and the University of Saarland in Germany. Mr. Zhong Wenying, Director of the Personnel Office, Mr. Xu Ming, Director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Office, Mr. Cai Ting, Dean of the College of Engineering, and Mr. Yang Peng, Vice Dean of the College of Pharmacy accompanied the delegation.
On November 4, President Hao Haiping led a delegation to attend the 200th anniversary celebration of the University of Manchester. President Hao Haiping expressed his gratitude to the University of Manchester (hereinafter referred to as “UM”) for inviting us to visit the university during its bicentennial celebration. He said that the University of Pharmaceutical Sciences of China (USP) has unparalleled advantages in the field of biomedicine in China, and has established a dual-degree Chinese-foreign cooperative program in Clinical Pharmacy with the University of Manchester, which has been well implemented. China Pharmaceutical University has always attached great importance to international exchange and cooperation. In recent years, it has been vigorously promoting internationalization, and in 2023, it took the lead in establishing the Global Pharmaceutical Development Alliance (GPDA), which aims to gather global pharmaceutical wisdom and seek common development of biomedicine. The University of Manchester is the first batch of British universities to have responded to the alliance. It is hoped that through this visit, we will further deepen the cooperative relationship and try to explore new paths to realize all-round, multi-dimensional, and deep-level cooperation and exchange.
Prof. Allan Pacey, Vice President of UMass and Dean of Biomedical Health, delivered a welcome speech. He said that China Pharmaceutical University has become one of the most important partners of UMass. The two sides have established a good foundation for cooperation, and the next step is to expand the cooperation to a deeper level of scientific research cooperation and cultivate higher-level talents. During the subsequent talks, representatives from both sides explored and exchanged ideas on the expectations and specific forms of cooperation at the faculty and university levels. Prof. Keith Brennan, Associate Dean of Biomedical Health at UMass, participated in the discussion.
On the morning of November 5, UMass and our university held a bilateral academic seminar, in which Yang Peng, vice dean of the School of Pharmacy, and Cai Ting, dean of the School of Engineering, made academic presentations. Prof. Allan Pacey of UMass and President Hao Haiping of UMass signed the cooperation agreement on master's degree programs and visiting scholars between the two universities.
In the afternoon of November 5, the delegation discussed with Dr. Rob Wallach, Life Fellow of King's College, Cambridge University, who introduced in detail the college system and student cultivation mode of the University of Cambridge. On November 6, the delegation visited AstraZeneca Global R&D Headquarters and Global R&D Center in Cambridge. Steve Rees, Senior Vice President, and Ian Storer, Vice President of AstraZeneca Global R&D Center received the delegation, accompanied by Wu Jiayi, Assistant Vice President of AstraZeneca China. President Hao Haiping gave an academic report, and both sides reached an agreement on the intention of project cooperation.
On November 7, the delegation went to Humboldt, Germany to attend the inaugural meeting of the German Alumni Association of China Pharmaceutical University. On behalf of the university, President Hao Heping awarded appointment certificates to the president of the German Alumni Association, alumnus Bai Xianshu from the class of 2003, and the secretary general of the German Alumni Association, alumnus Sheng Anqi from the class of 18. On November 8, the delegation went to Saarland University for talks and exchanges, and the vice-president of Saarland University, Prof. Robert Ernst, the president of the Institute of Biology and Medicine of Sexuality, and the Academician of European Academy of Sciences Frank Kirchhoff were present at the meeting. President Hao Heping signed a memorandum of cooperation with Prof. Dominik Brodowski, Vice President of Saarland University. This is the first university-level cooperation agreement signed between our university and a German university.
During the visit, the delegation also held three overseas job fair presentations in Manchester, Cambridge, and Humboldt on November 3, 5, and 7 respectively, attracting nearly 100 overseas scholars and students to come to the site to listen to lectures and exchange.
This visit is a concrete action for our university to actively respond to the call of the state to further promote educational exchanges with developed countries and innovate the system and form of cooperation, which is conducive to our university to continue to broaden the ideas and dimensions of international cooperation, promote the specific work of the Global Pharmacy Development Alliance to go deep and practical and contribute to the development of global pharmacy education to the strength of China Pharmaceutical University.
Visiting the University of Manchester
Group Photo with the University of Manchester
Signing Ceremony with the University of Manchester
Visiting AstraZeneca
Establishment of Germany Alumni of China Pharmaceutical University
Young Talents Recruitment Conferences
