On the afternoon of October 21, Jin Deshui, Party Chief of Zhejiang University Council, and Alice P. Gast, President of Imperial College London, signed a new cooperation agreement on South Kensington Campus. It was agreed that the ZJU-Imperial Collaborative Base be built on White City Campus. It marked a step forward after the signing of MoU in 2013.
Signing new MoU
Signing new MoU
Both leaders granted full recognition to the long-standing cooperation between the two universities and looked forward to deepening partnership in the future. Jin Deshui extended his heartfelt invitation to Prof. Alice Gast to pay a visit to Zhejiang University so as to promote mutual understanding.
Jin Deshui and Song Yonghua, Executive Vice-President of Zhejiang University, also met with James Stirling, the first Provost of Imperial College London, David Gann, Vice-President for Development and Innovation, and Maggie Dallman, Associate Provost for Academic Partnership. They carried out in-depth discussions on further cooperation.