On the morning of Nov.9th, Professor Cihan Conbanoglu, dean of the College of Tourism and Information Technology of University of South Florida, U.S was invited to visit School of Public Administration. Professor Peng Xianggang, dean of School of Public Administration, Associate Professor Wu Chengzhong, assistant to the dean, and Tan Yu attended this meeting.



Dean Peng Xianggang first delivered warm welcome to Professor Cihan Conbanoglu. Then he introduced general information about majors for undergraduates and postgraduates, and specially elaborated on the major of Cultural Industry Management. He said, “School of Public Administration has always valued international exchange and cooperation, actively achieving strategic cooperative agreements of talents cultivation with universities overseas, and encouraging students to participate into Joint Education Program Undergraduate “2+2”, and Master “1+1”. Progress has been made. ”



Professor Cihan Conbanoglu introduced basic status of College of Tourism and Information Technology of University of South Florida, including major settings, talent cultivation mode, international cooperation, academic research, etc. He emphasized University of South Florida cooperates with more than one hundred countries. Its high level of internationalization tallies with the internationalization feature of UIBE. College of Tourism and Information Technology has many exchange programs, from one week to two years. He expected deep cooperation with School of Public Administration.



At last, the two sides signed Memorandum of Understanding on Joint Education for undergraduates and postgraduates, and will discuss concrete cultivation plan and conditions next step.