Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) China and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) on Monday inked a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in education and research and area of mutual concern. The MoU was inked by UAF Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan and FAFU President Dr LAN Siren.
FAFU University delegation also visited the UAF and met Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan and Deans and Directors at syndicate room. The FAFU delegation included Acting Deputy Director of International Affairs You Yang Chen, Vice Dean of Overseas Horticulture College Zhongxiong Lai, Dean Assistant of Overseas Education College Ruibi Lin, and Qiuyi Tao from the Plant Protection College.
According to MoU, the both institutions will collaborate in research and capacity building initiatives, student-faculty exchange, preparation of joint research proposals and projects for submitting to national and international donors and other area of mutual concern.
You Yang Chen said that in the FAFU, 160 international students were studying from 44 countries. He also said that 55 Pakistani students were studying in FAFU out of them 8 were from the UAF. He also offered that 10 PhDs from UAF may be admitted to FAFU every year. The university has initiated a unique programme in Bee Sciences.
He said that they are housing 24 colleges offering 75 degree programmes. FAFU has been leading the country in researches in sugarcane, bee, fiber crops, bio pesticide, and cedar wood. He said that the university has built friendships with over 50 research institutes in more than 20 countries and regions. Together with Dalhousie University Canada and University of British Columbia, FAFU has established two undergraduate education programmes in Horticulture and Resource and Environmental Science and one in Ecology, respectively.
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