On the afternoon of April 14th, the 4th China International Consumer Products Expo Hainan Free Trade Port International Education Theme Activity was held in Haikou, and was jointly organized by the Embassy of Ireland in China, the Irish Education Promotion Agency, the Hainan Lingshui Li’an International Education Innovation Pilot Zone Administration and Hainan International Economic Development Bureau (abbr. IEDB). More than 120 people, including heads of relevant departments of the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce and representatives from universities and enterprises stationed in the pilot zone, attended the event.
Ms. Jianchun Guo, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of Hainan Provincial People’s Congress and Chairman of Hainan Provincial Committee of the Jiusan Society, Mr. Barry Mulligan, Deputy Head of Mission of Embassy of Ireland in China, and Mr. Jianguo Wang, Deputy Party Secretary of Hainan IEDB, attended the event and delivered speeches. On behalf of the Education Department of Hainan Province, Mr. Zhenfu Tang, Chief of International Cooperation and Exchange Office, was entrusted by Department Director, Mr. Hu Li, to congratulate the event. At the event site, Mr. Zhaoxiang Yang, member of the Party Committee of the Pilot Zone Administration and General Manager of the Development and Construction Co., Ltd., introduced the development orientation and school-running models of the Pilot Zone to the guests.
Afterwards, the person in charge of the Irish Education Promotion Agency, representatives of different universities, and Prof. Dr. Naijia Guan, Executive President of Hainan Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (abbr. BiUH), shared their experiences in Sino-foreign cooperative education as well as in overseas universities’ running schools in China.
Prof. Dr. Guan gave a detailed introduction to the guests on the development history of BiUH, its operations and major-setting, the advantages of the “work-integrated” teaching model, and BiUH’s growth in the future.
In the thematic discussion session, representatives from universities and enterprises together with experts and scholars, under the theme of “High-level openness empowers high-quality development of international education”, discussed topics such as the integration of education and industry, talent cultivation, intelligent energy synthesis, “smart park” construction, scientific research and innovation. They conducted forward-looking exchanges and dialogues, focusing on the business environment and investment opportunities in the Pilot Zone.
Q1: Hainan Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (abbr. BiUH) is the first higher education institution in China, independently run by a foreign university. How do BiUH’s courses articulate with those of its founder, Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts from Germany (abbr. HSBI)?
A: Hainan Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (abbr. BiUH) is the first higher education institution in China independently established by an overseas university, Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts from Germany (abbr. HSBI). BiUH applies English teaching and has perfectly achieved “localization and internationalization” of education. At the same time, BiUH has introduced the “work-integrated” teaching model from HSBI and follows the talent training plan of HSBI in Germany. There is no need for BiUH to integrate with HSBI, like the traditional Sino-foreign cooperative universities.
Q2: What admissions policies is BiUH currently executing to recruit students?
A: Currently, BiUH recruits students uniformly through the college entrance examination. At the same time, our university is also actively applying for independent enrollments with the Ministry of Education. In the future, we will also screen students through interviews and other means, based not only on scores, but also on multi-dimensional assessments of students’ foreign language proficiency, overall ability and quality.
