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Engineering extends China collaboration

20 July 2005

The Engineering faculty at Monash has extended its education and research collaboration agreement with China's Central South University.

Senior deputy vice-chancellor Professor Stephen Parker and Engineering dean Professor Tam Sridhar signed an addendum to the existing agreement when a delegation from the Chinese university visited Monash earlier this month.

The original agreement, which was signed in May, allows for Central South students to study at Monash. After completing the first two years of their undergraduate engineering program in China, they can complete the last two years of their degree at Monash and graduate with an engineering qualification recognised in both countries.

The addendum means the current two-university agreement, which began with the Chemical Engineering and Civil Engineering departments, now extends to the Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments at Monash.

Central South University, in Changsha in the Hunan Province, is ranked 18th among China's top 100 universities. It is a multi-disciplinary university with strengths in engineering, science and medicine. Central South has 43,000 full-time students, including more than 8000 postgraduates.

As well as the expanded collaboration, the Central South University will conduct a bilateral research workshop with Monash in China in October.