Exchange Database
US students come to China in exchange project
Andrew Campbell, a graduate student from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in the United States, has come to the Chinese capital to investigate how a city benefits from providing a bicycle rental service to residents and visitors. As one of 40 US graduate students in the 2012 Sino-US Young Professionals in Science and Engineering Exchange Program, Campbell will spend two months conducting his study at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The exchange program, also known as the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes, is administered by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and the US National Science Foundation. It allows US graduate students in science and engineering to conduct research at Chinese universities over the summer.
Outcomes:
It aims to improve academic and cultural exchange between young professionals from China and the US. This year, the program has brought 40 US graduate students to China. The students work at universities across China, including in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. She also said the US government will invite 10 Chinese young professionals to Washington to conduct a 10-day academic exchange visit in October. On Friday, the 40 US graduates and 80 young professionals from China gathered in Beijing to attend the second China-US Young Scientist Forum.
Government?:
No
Type of Exchange:
education/science
Partners:
Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and the US National Science Foundation
Participants (Types):
graduate students
Number of Participants:
40
Exchange Date:
Monday, August 6, 2012
Continuing:
No
Location:
Beijing, China
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