education
Schools - Cork's education programme with Sister City Shanghai begins at primary and second level with 8 schools in each city having signed formal Memoranda of Understanding. Activities include:
Currently some 300 Chinese students are studying at University College Cork (UCC). UCC maintains close links with China with a UCC Beijing office, strategic alliances with Chinese Universities offering joint degree programmes and an Irish University (IUA), China Scholar Council (CSC) programme which has hosted 7 Chinese scholars in a range of departments at UCC. The establishment of the Confucius Institute at UCC, headed up by the Director of the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies, Prof. Fan Hong is a reflection of the strength of the relationship between Cork and Shanghai.
UCC video - http://www.youtube.com/user/CometoCork?feature=mhw4#p/a/u/0/7urlGXp96F0 For more information on the School of Asian Studies: http://www.ucc.ie/en/AsianSchool/
For more information on UCC: http://www.ucc.ie/en/study/chinese/chinese/
Cork Institute of Technology is a world class centre for creativity, entrepreneurship and industry-focused research and innovation.
Over 7,000 fulltime students are engaged on degree and postgraduate study and research programmes to PhD level, in 4 strategic research clusters:
Almost 1,000 international students and researchers are registered on CIT's research and educational programmes. Cork Institute of Technology is currently developing co-operative agreements with a number of Chinese universities.
Video Postcard from Cork Institute of Technology: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTY0NjY4MTAw.html
For more information on CIT: http://www.cit.ie
Cork is a dynamic, international city region that offers the best of Ireland in a supportive environment at the heart of the European economy. For more see www.cometocork.com
- a teacher exchange programme
- teaching Mandarin in Cork schools
- Cork schools travelling to Shanghai during World Expo 2010 to participate in Youth Camps and the Youth Science and Technology Exhibition
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Cork is a dynamic University City with a 3rd level student population in excess of 35,000, producing 10,000 graduates annually.
University College Cork is one of Ireland's leading third level institutions with over 17,000 students across all major disciplines, including 2,400 international students from 98 countries around the world. |
Academic programmes encompass:
- Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences
- Business and Law
- Medicine and Health and Science
- Engineering and Food Science
Currently some 300 Chinese students are studying at University College Cork (UCC). UCC maintains close links with China with a UCC Beijing office, strategic alliances with Chinese Universities offering joint degree programmes and an Irish University (IUA), China Scholar Council (CSC) programme which has hosted 7 Chinese scholars in a range of departments at UCC. The establishment of the Confucius Institute at UCC, headed up by the Director of the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies, Prof. Fan Hong is a reflection of the strength of the relationship between Cork and Shanghai.
UCC video - http://www.youtube.com/user/CometoCork?feature=mhw4#p/a/u/0/7urlGXp96F0 For more information on the School of Asian Studies: http://www.ucc.ie/en/AsianSchool/
For more information on UCC: http://www.ucc.ie/en/study/chinese/chinese/
Cork Institute of Technology is a world class centre for creativity, entrepreneurship and industry-focused research and innovation.
Over 7,000 fulltime students are engaged on degree and postgraduate study and research programmes to PhD level, in 4 strategic research clusters:
- BioPharmaChem (BPCC)
- Photonics
- Networked Embedded Systems (NEMBES)
- BioMedical Engineering
Almost 1,000 international students and researchers are registered on CIT's research and educational programmes. Cork Institute of Technology is currently developing co-operative agreements with a number of Chinese universities.
Video Postcard from Cork Institute of Technology: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTY0NjY4MTAw.html
For more information on CIT: http://www.cit.ie
Cork is a dynamic, international city region that offers the best of Ireland in a supportive environment at the heart of the European economy. For more see www.cometocork.com