International Collaboration on Graduate Education: Experience and Best Practices Dr. Liu Jinghui Secretary-General CHINA SCHOLARSHIP COUNCIL Chengdu, August 4th, 2012

 An Overview of CSC's Scholarship Programs  CSC's Experiences and Best Practices in Supporting International Graduate Education (Case Studies)  CSC's Collaboration with Canada on Graduate Education  Proposals Content

Part One: An Overview of CSC's Scholarship Programs

CSC's major scholarship programs include:  Visiting Scholar and Senior Research Scholar Program  Postgraduate Study Abroad Program  Exchange Programs with Other Countries  Visiting Scholar Program for Young Backbone Teachers  Western China Talents Training Program and Provincial Cooperative Program  International Exchange Program for Outstanding Undergraduates  Program on International and Regional Research and Training for Senior Language Talents

Postgraduate Study Abroad Program ( ) PhDJoint PhDTotal 13,01517,54730,562 The USAGermanyThe UKJapanCanadaAustralia 12,4073,0382,8012,2062,0771,898

Review of the Postgraduate Program (by 2010):  More than 66 ％ sent to top 200 universities all over the world (According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the Shanghai Ranking);  More than 400 MOU singed between Chinese and international universities;

 More than 19,000 academic papers were published: ---5,154 were published on journals covered by SCI, EI or ISTP; ---more than 40 were published on the world's most cited journals like Nature and Science.  Over 73% returned students were employed by higher education and scientific research institutions.

The Postgraduate Progrm  6,000 per year;  2,500 for full PhD students;  Innovation to the Selection Process: --open to qualified students and faculty members from all higher education institutions in China and candidates from all works of life; --Self-sponsored Chinese students studying abroad were included.

Part Two: CSC'S Experiences and Best Practices in Supporting International Graduate Education (Case Studies)

 The Sino-France Program Caiyuanpei: --for research fellow and doctoral students; --for research fellow and doctoral students; --Supporting no more than 20 research programs per year; --Supporting no more than 20 research programs per year; --For each program, no more than 4 persons from one country will be awarded the scholarship --For each program, no more than 4 persons from one country will be awarded the scholarship

Peking Univerisity / Georgia Tech Biological Engineering Joint PhD Program  The Peking Univerisity / Georgia Tech Biological Engineering Joint PhD Program --Students officially register at both universities; --Students officially register at both universities; --Two supervisors for one student, one from Peking University and the other from Georgia Tech; --Two supervisors for one student, one from Peking University and the other from Georgia Tech; --Two years at Peking University and two years at Georgia Tech; --Two years at Peking University and two years at Georgia Tech; --One degree, two stamps --One degree, two stamps

 Tsinghua University and the University of Pittsburgh Joint MD Program  Tsinghua University-RWTH Aachen Double Masters Program

 MU-PKU-SHZU Tripartite Program  ENS-ECNU Joint Graduate Program  WHU-TUM Double Masters Program of ESPACE in English

Part Three: CSC'S Collaboration with Canada on Graduate Education

 Chinese PhD students studying in Canada with CSC support YearPhDJoint PhDTotal

Destination Country Analysis (2011) 2011

Destination Country Analysis (2012)

CSC's Cooperative Programs with Canada MOU with 18 Canadian Universities; Canada-China Norman Bethune Health Research Scholarships Program Canada-China Scholars Exchange Program MOE-AAFC PhD Research Program MOE-NRC Research and Post-doctoral Fellowship Program

Part Four: Proposals

 To establish innovative graduate education cooperation platforms for joint scientific research and student training;  To establish innovative graduate education cooperation platforms for joint scientific research and student training;  To explore the Production-Learning-Research Cooperation Model for graduate education;  To explore the Production-Learning-Research Cooperation Model for graduate education;

 To facilitate and promote teacher training and the internationalization of graduate education for western China.  To facilitate and promote teacher training and the internationalization of graduate education for western China.  To promote students' two-way mobility between China and Canada.

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