Japan’s Six National Universities Network (SUN)/ International Education & Research System (SixERS) Signs International Exchange Agreement with Excellence League of China

On 28 November 2017, Six National Universities Network (SUN)/ International Education & Research System (SixERS) (SUN/SixERS Consortium) in Japan and the Excellence League (Excellence 9) of China signed an international exchange agreement. Masaru Araki, Director of SUN/SixERS Consortium, and Okayama University Executive Director and Vice President (Social Responsibility and International Affairs), and Qingnian Wang, South China University of Technology Director of International Office, co-signed the agreement.

On the next day, 29 November, a commemorative ceremony was held in Kyoto in partnership with the Japan-China University Education Exchange Meeting. About 140 persons attended, including Consul General Li Tianran of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Osaka, and representatives from the Excellence League, the Consortium of Six National Universities in Japan, and the Japan-China University Education Exchange Meeting. Advancements in academic exchanges between the Consortium and the League are being highly anticipated as a result of this agreement.

Further information
English
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/news/index_id6425.html

Japanese page
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id6326.html

SixERS Consortium website (Japanese)
http://sixers.jp/