Delegation of University of Leon Visited Our University

The delegation of University of Leon in Spain paid a visit to our university from Mar. 11 to 14. The five members included Mrs. Maria Jesus Mures, Dean of Business School and Mr. Mario Diaz, executive of Sino-western cooperation programs and other three professors. Both parties of Xiangtan University and University of Leon had a deep talk on issues of inter-school exchanges, co-education, “2+2” joint education programs, visa information for study in Spain and language test for Chinese students, and exchange of teachers as well as students. Vice-President Huang Yunqing extended his sincere welcome to our guests. The delegation, after successively visiting campus and classes, and having a discussion with students who are going to study in Spain and staff of School of International Education, were pretty satisfied with students’ comprehensive quality and language abilities.

The delegation of University of Leon, who also has cooperative relationships with over 20 universities and institutions in other European countries, pointed out that its cooperation with Xiangtan University is quite satisfying. Teaching and administration of school of International Education were fruitful in that our students’ Spanish ability was much higher than that in other universities, so that they will completely accustom to their life and study in Spain. The delegation stated out that they have negotiated with Spanish Embassy in Beijing. With the Embassy’s permission, our students majoring in Spanish will be able to enter University of Leon without language testing and direct visas from Spanish Embassy due to the high-quality teaching here and students’ wonderful language abilities. They also said that University of Leon will attach more importance on this “2+2”program and they believe the cooperation between us will meet a great success.

Mr. Jose Angel Miguel, secretary of Business School of University of Leon, helped the students who will study at University of Leon, in wearing their university badges. Two professors of the delegation will stay at our university to teach courses of Economic Law and Business Administration to students of Spanish major.