On the afternoon of June 15th, Beijing time, the EDP Center of Business School of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) held an online video meeting with the Euncet College of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain. Jose Maria, Dean of the Euncet Business School, UPC, Alfons Freixes, Director of the University Department, Merce Arnero, Director of the Admissions Department, Martin Zhou, Representative of the Asia Office, Ge Yuhui, Executive Deputy Director of the EDP Center of USST, Zhang Baoming, Office Director, and Director of Marketing and Admissions Yang Yihan attended the meeting. The meeting was hosted by Yang Yihan.
At the meeting, Prof. Ge Yuhui introduced the history, size of teachers and students, departments and majors of Business School, USST and EDP Center to the teachers of Euncet Business School.
Dean Jose Maria introduced the development history, discipline advantages, characteristic majors, campuses and colleges of Euncet Business School, UPC.
The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on the cooperation of professional projects of mutual interest and reached a consensus. In the future, the two sides will work together to train students and exchange teachers in leadership, marketing, strategic management, human resource management and other majors.
UPC is located in the autonomous region of Catalonia, in the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, with an area of 32,114 square kilometers. Catalonia is the most prosperous and most developed autonomous region among the 17 autonomous regions in Spain. As the most important industrial area in Spain, Catalonia contributes to One-fifth of the country's GDP of Spain, the size is equivalent to that of neighboring Portugal, and its exports account for one-fourth of Spain's national total. Catalonia has always acted as the engine of Spain's economy.
UPC integrates teaching and scientific research. The cultivation of talents and the popularization and promotion of science and technology are the purpose of the university. It insists on providing students with the best and most comprehensive education and training with a long-term perspective. According to the standards of the European Higher Education Area, UPC is continuously improving the teaching level and the quality of education and keeping up with the pulse of the times. While cultivating traditional talents, UPC will also deliver elite talents with the latest ideas and knowledge to emerging industries. The goal of UPC is to provide students with the most humane and complete education, and at the same time provide sufficient career reserves for students to enter emerging technology fields in the future.
Translator: FU Wenhan
Reviewer: ZHOU Yiwei