On the morning of March 12, 2012, Prof. Ian D. Robertson, the Dean of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Leeds, visited the School of Information Science and Technology (SIST), Fudan University. Prof. Ran Liu, the Dean of Internationalization of SIST, and Prof Yifang Chen of Microelectronics Department attended the reception.

University of Leeds is located in the vibrant and multicultural city of Leeds. The student population includes 33,585    students making the university the fifth largest university in the United Kingdom. From 2006 to present, the university has consistently been ranked second in the United Kingdom for the number of applications received, second only to the University of Manchester. According to the latest Global University Ranking by "The Times", University of Leeds is ranked 133.