A delegation from Canterbury University in New Zealand visited NJFU

 On the morning of May 13th, a cooperation negotiation meeting between our university and the University of Canterbury was held in the lecture hall 8B115 of the library. Vice President Yin Tongming, Professor Kevin Watson, Executive Director of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Canterbury, and Graham Wise, Director of International Cooperation, attended the meeting. Relevant person in charge of the Department of International Cooperation, the College of International Education, the College of Forestry and Grassland,& Soil and Water Conservation, the College of Economics and Management, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Information Science and Technology, the College of Artificial Intelligence and other units attended the meeting.

Yin Tongming warmly welcomed the visit of Professor Kevin Watson and his delegation in his speech. He stated that the cooperation between Nanjing Forestry University and the University of Canterbury has a long history. Since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and the Special Agreement for Student Study Abroad in 2018, the two universities have continuously deepened their cooperation in scientific research and talent cultivation. In recent years, teachers from both sides have carried out practical academic exchanges in fields such as forestry engineering and biomass energy, and have recently been successfully approved for the "Innovative Talent International Cooperation Training Project" by the China Scholarship Council. Every year, joint doctoral students and visiting scholars will be selected to study and research at the University of Canterbury. He hopes to use this visit as an opportunity to expand cooperation into the fields of humanities and social sciences, focusing on promoting teacher visits, student exchanges, and joint scientific research, and further exploring new directions for cooperation.

Kevin Watson thanks our school for the warm reception. He highly praised the cooperation achievements between the two schools and expressed his expectation for deeper cooperation in more disciplinary fields in the future. He pointed out that the University of Canterbury attaches great importance to its strategic partnership with Nanjing Forestry University and is willing to explore more possibilities in undergraduate joint training, undergraduate master's degree linkage projects, and other aspects.

During the discussion and exchange session, both parties focused on practical discussions on cooperative education, student exchange, and joint training models in the fields of forestry, ecology, forestry engineering, economic management, humanities and social sciences, and information. In particular, they conducted in-depth discussions on the feasibility of undergraduate and graduate joint training programs such as "3+1+1" and "2+2", and reached a consensus.