SIST International Academic Assessment Meeting
Published：2010-11-03
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SIST International Academic Assessment Meeting was held on October 18th. It was the first time for SIST in her 10-year history to make international evaluation as the way European universities usually did.
Experts and Deans from famous universities of the United States, Britain, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Australia, and Hong Kong in the Engineering and ICT fields consisted of the Academic Advisory Board and participated in the assessment meeting.
The detailed evaluation documents regarding the School and Departments overview, quantitative data, and developing plan had been submitted to the experts beforehand. In the meeting, the Dean of SIST Professor Li-Rong Zheng and Heads of the five Departments of SIST reported to the Advisory Board and answered questions after each presentation.
The meeting in the morning lasted 4 hours. In the afternoon, after 3 hours closed-door discussion, the Advisory Board gave SIST final assessment. The Chairman of the assessment meeting, Professor Bernard L Weiss, Dean of School of Engineering and Design, University of Sussex, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, reported to the participants with suggestions on the School’s future development regarding the structure and management, space and facilities, education and PhD programs, and faculty recruitment, etc. The final assessment document would be given to the School weeks later.
Vice-President Professor Xiaoman Chen, Heads of the Discipline Office, Academic Affairs Office, Foreign Affairs Office, and Personnel Office etc. and professors from SIST attended the meeting. Professor Yuliang Yang, the President of Fudan University, joined in the luncheon afterwards and listened to the feedback from the exp.
Experts and Deans from famous universities of the United States, Britain, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Australia, and Hong Kong in the Engineering and ICT fields consisted of the Academic Advisory Board and participated in the assessment meeting.
The detailed evaluation documents regarding the School and Departments overview, quantitative data, and developing plan had been submitted to the experts beforehand. In the meeting, the Dean of SIST Professor Li-Rong Zheng and Heads of the five Departments of SIST reported to the Advisory Board and answered questions after each presentation.
The meeting in the morning lasted 4 hours. In the afternoon, after 3 hours closed-door discussion, the Advisory Board gave SIST final assessment. The Chairman of the assessment meeting, Professor Bernard L Weiss, Dean of School of Engineering and Design, University of Sussex, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, reported to the participants with suggestions on the School’s future development regarding the structure and management, space and facilities, education and PhD programs, and faculty recruitment, etc. The final assessment document would be given to the School weeks later.
Vice-President Professor Xiaoman Chen, Heads of the Discipline Office, Academic Affairs Office, Foreign Affairs Office, and Personnel Office etc. and professors from SIST attended the meeting. Professor Yuliang Yang, the President of Fudan University, joined in the luncheon afterwards and listened to the feedback from the exp.
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(Some participants took group photo after the meeting) |