International Collaboration on Graduate Education: ExInternational Collaboration on Graduate Education: Ex

perience and Best Practicesperience and Best Practices

Dr. Liu Jinghui

Secretary-General

CHINA SCHOLARSHIP COUNCILCHINA SCHOLARSHIP COUNCIL

Chengdu, August 4th, 2012

An Overview of CSC's Scholarship ProgramsAn Overview of CSC's Scholarship Programs

CSC's Experiences and Best Practices in Supporting InternatiCSC's Experiences and Best Practices in Supporting Internati

onal Graduate Education (Case Studies)onal Graduate Education (Case Studies)

CSC's Collaboration with Canada on Graduate EducationCSC's Collaboration with Canada on Graduate Education

ProposalProposals s

Content

Part One: An Overview of CSC's Scholarship ProgPart One: An Overview of CSC's Scholarship Programsrams

CSC's major scholarship programs include:CSC's major scholarship programs include: Visiting Scholar and Senior Research Scholar ProgramVisiting Scholar and Senior Research Scholar Program

Postgraduate Study Abroad ProgramPostgraduate Study Abroad Program

Exchange ProgramsExchange Programs with Other Countries with Other Countries

Visiting Scholar Program for Young Backbone TeachersVisiting Scholar Program for Young Backbone Teachers

Western China Western China Talents Training Program Talents Training Program and Provincial Cooperative Programand Provincial Cooperative Program

International Exchange Program for Outstanding Undergraduates International Exchange Program for Outstanding Undergraduates

Program on International and Regional Research and Training for Senior Program on International and Regional Research and Training for Senior

Language TalentsLanguage Talents

Postgraduate Study Abroad Program (2007-2011)

PhD Joint PhD Total

13,015 17,547 30,562

The USA Germany The UK Japan Canada Australia

12,407 3,038 2,801 2,206 2,077 1,898

Review of the Postgraduate Program (by 2010)Review of the Postgraduate Program (by 2010): :

More than 66More than 66 ％ ％ sent to top 200 universities all over the world (sent to top 200 universities all over the world (According According

to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the Shanghto the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the Shangh

ai Rankingai Ranking));;

More than 400 MOU singedMore than 400 MOU singed between Chinese and international universitie between Chinese and international universitie

s;s;

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 2012-2016 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 iPart Two: CSC'S Experiences and Best Practices i

n Supporting International Graduate En Supporting International Graduate E

ducation (Case Studies)ducation (Case Studies)

The Sino-France The Sino-France Program CaiyuanpeiProgram 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 a--For each program, no more than 4 persons from one country will be a

warded the scholarshipwarded the scholarship

The Peking Univerisity / Georgia Tech Biological EngiPeking Univerisity / Georgia Tech Biological Engineering Joint PhD Programneering 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 oth--Two supervisors for one student, one from Peking University and the oth

er from Georgia Tech;er from Georgia Tech;

--Two years at--Two years at Peking University and two years at Georgia Tech;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 oPart Three: CSC'S Collaboration with Canada on Graduate Educationn Graduate Education

Chinese PhD students studying in Canada with CSC support

Year PhD Joint PhD Total

2008 115 268 383

2009 124 254 378

2010 179 248 427

2011 186 241 427

2012 198 264 462

Destination Country Analysis (2011)2011

0 1000 2000 3000

The USA

Germany

The UK

Japan

Canada

Destination Country Analysis (2012)

0 1000 2000 3000

The USA

Germany

The UK

Canada

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: ProposalsPart Four: Proposals

To establish innovative graduate education cooperation To establish innovative graduate education cooperation

platforms for joint scientific research and student trainiplatforms for joint scientific research and student traini

ng;ng;

To explore the Production-Learning-Research CooperaTo explore the Production-Learning-Research Coopera

tion Model for graduate education; tion Model for graduate education;

To To facilitate and promote teacher training and facilitate and promote teacher training and the internationalization of graduate education the internationalization of graduate education forfor western China. western China.

To promote students' two-way mobilityTo promote students' two-way mobility betwe between China and Canada.en China and Canada.

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