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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

President Karl-Dieter Gruske <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Friedrich-Alexander <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

Erlangen-Nuernberge Visits <strong>PKU</strong><br />

By Wang Yi<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007--05--16<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=179292109<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, May 16, 2007: On May 16th, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Karl-Dieter Gruske,<br />

President <strong>of</strong> the Friedrich-Alexander <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Erlangen-Nuernberge (UEN)<br />

visited <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> and had a talk with <strong>PKU</strong> President Xu Zhihong at Lin<br />

Huxuan (<strong>PKU</strong> Guest Room) for the possibility <strong>of</strong> joint programs and future<br />

cooperation between the two universities.<br />

Gruske said that his visit to China this time aims to explore cooperation opportunities<br />

with 16 Chinese top universities, among which are <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Tsinghua<br />

<strong>University</strong>, Beijing Normal <strong>University</strong>, Shanghai Jiaotong <strong>University</strong>, Zhejiang<br />

<strong>University</strong>, etc. With a strong academic background in medical science, engineering,<br />

and natural sciences, UEN seeks to carry out joint programs with <strong>PKU</strong> and other<br />

Chinese universities in those areas and also humanities including politics and<br />

economy.<br />

In response to Gruske‘s proposal, President Xu said <strong>PKU</strong> has made lots <strong>of</strong> efforts in<br />

its internationalization in the past years. It now has a number <strong>of</strong> over 4000 foreign<br />

students, about half <strong>of</strong> which are full-time students, and the number is still on the<br />

rise. Besides, <strong>PKU</strong> has signed more than 200 cooperation agreements with foreign<br />

universities all over the world and still plans to pursue more international cooperation<br />

possibilities.<br />

In a short interview after the meeting between the two presidents, Gruske told the<br />

reporter that UEN had carried out about 500 joint programs in 62 countries up till<br />

now. Currently, it aims to deepen its cooperation worldwide and expand its joint<br />

programs with interdisciplinary research activities. He proposes the double diploma<br />

system, which means that students at <strong>PKU</strong> can spend half <strong>of</strong> their time studying at<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> and the other half at UEN and finally get a double diploma from both<br />

universities. ―It is mainly for graduate programs,‖ Gruske said, ―but we may expand it<br />

to PhD programs.‖<br />

Edited By : Wang Yi<br />

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