on august 27, the signing ceremony of the tsinghua-cityu mpa-emba cooperation agreement was held in tsinghua university. vice president yang bin of tsinghua university and vice president ip, ho shing of city university of hong kong attended the signing ceremony.
signing ceremony of tsinghua-cityu mpa–emba dual-degree program agreement photograph by cao wenpeng
yang bin welcomed prof ip, ho shing, vice president of the city university of hong kong and his team, and expressed his gratitude to the cityu for its cooperation in the program planning process. yang bin pointed out that tsinghua sppm and cityu's college of business jointly carried out the mpa emba dual degree program in ppp(public-private partnership) direction, which had unique advantages and important significance. this is reflected in the strategic agreement between ppp mode and bri, the complementary advantages of tsinghua sppm and cityu's college of business, the creativity of mpa emba talent training mode and the dual-degree mode. yang bin put forward three expectations and requirements for the program. one is to raise the strategic position, pay special attention to the aspects such as enrollment and training, and improve the quality of training. the second is to strengthen communication and cooperation to improve the experience and acquisition of students. the third is to attach importance to innovation, create high-quality dual-degree program, and inject new vitality into the training of high-end talents.
vice president yang bin of tsinghua university delivered a speech
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prof ip, ho shing introduced the background of cityu’s college of business and reviewed the cooperation process between cityu’s college of business and tsinghua sppm. prof ip, ho shing horace said that the two sides actively cooperated to meet the demand for internationalized and compound high-level management talents by the belt and road initiative, and cooperated in the mpa-emba dual-degree program in the field of ppp. it was a strategic choice with strong joint efforts, complementary advantages and win-win cooperation, and had important milestone significance. prof ip hoped that the two sides would cooperate closely to build a platform for the cultivation and exchange of high-end talents of politics and business in the two major fields of public administration and business administration, so as to make positive contributions to the implementation of the belt and road initiative.
vice president of city university of hong kong prof ip, ho shing horace delivered a speech photograph by cao wenpeng
xue lan, dean of tsinghua sppm, analyzed the innovative features and unique values of the dual-degree program. xue lan said that tsinghua sppm would take this dual degree program as an opportunity to learn from the successful experience of emba program, promote the continuous reform and innovation of mpa program, and make new contributions to the training of high-level talents.
xue lan, dean of tsinghua sppm, delivered a speech
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yan houmin, dean of cityu’s college of business, introduced the progress of the dual-degree program and the planning and preliminary arrangement of the dual-degree program in students enrollment and training. yan houmin said that cityu’s college of business and tsinghua sppm would cooperate and support each other to make the program a complete success.
yan houmin, dean of cityu’s college of business, introduced the progress of the two-degree program
photograph by cao wenpeng.
sun fu, director of the training office of tsinghua’s graduate school, introduced the background, basic situation and important significance of the dual-degree program. sun fu said that the program was the first mpa-emba dual degree program in china, which deeply integrated the training concepts of mpa and emba, not only effectively accorded with the training characteristics of leading talents in ppp field, but also provided new ideas and directions for graduates training.
sun fu, director of the training office of tsinghua’s graduate school, introduced the dual-degree program
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wang yahua, associate dean of tsinghua sppm, presided over the signing ceremony. yang yongheng, associate dean of tsinghua sppm and executive director of center for public-private partnership at tsinghua university, zhu xufeng, associate dean of tsinghua sppm, and yang qingmei, deputy director of hong kong, macao and taiwan affairs office attended the signing ceremony.
picture after the signing ceremony
photograph by cao wenpeng
according to the dual degree cooperation agreement signed by the two sides, the program will start the students enrollment in september 2018, mainly for hong kong, macao and taiwan areas and bri countries. the first class will register at the cityu in the spring of 2019 and tsinghua university in the autumn of 2019. after meeting the degree requirements of the two universities, students can obtain both a master of public administration (mpa) degree from tsinghua university and an emba degree from city university of hong kong.