Hunan University signed agreements on collaboration and communication with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore and Monash University in Australia respectively on June 5th and 12th. According to the agreement, HNU will carry out comprehensive cooperation and exchange with the two universities in terms of teacher and student exchange, cooperation of student training, cooperative research, academic conferences, information sharing, etc.
Nanyang technological university(NTU) is a public university in Singapore, ranked second in the domestic university of Singapore. It has become one of the fastest-rising universities whether this is measured by QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education (THE). In three consecutive years, NTU has leaped 36 notches in the QS world rankings, and is now 7th in Asia as well as the fastest-rising Asian university in the world’s Top 50. NTU set up four main colleges and schools as followings: College of Engineering, Nanyang Business School (College of Business), College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and College of Science; under which 12 colleges are subordinated. NTU continued to make spectacular jumps in Nano-materials, bio- materials,functional ceramic materials as well as polymer materials. The Nanyang Business School (NBS) offers one of the world's top 100 MBA programmes and is the only business school in Singapore and one of only three in Asia to be awarded both the EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) and AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditations – international hallmarks of quality. It has got its Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS) and National Institute of Education (NIE) renowned internationally. IGS focuses on the key research areas within NTU's Peaks of Excellence in Sustainable Earth, New Media and Future Healthcare. NIE as an autonomous institute of NTU, is Singapore’s only teacher-training institute. It is internationally acclaimed and provides educational consultancy to countries from Indonesia to UAE. NTU is also leading the development of the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), a key national research outfit that will harness the power of micro-organisms to solve various water and environmental issues. Besides, it is honored as one of the best engineering universities around the world as well as a comprehensive university with equal emphasis on both engineering and commerce. (source: www.ntu.edu.sg)
Monash University is one of Australia 's largest National Universities. It is ranked amongst the world’s most prestigious universities. It is ranked as the best university in Australia for Engineering, Technology and Computer Science (ranked equal first), 38th in the world for Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health, 45th in the world for Arts and Humanities and 49th in the world for Engineering and Technology. In Australia, Monash is a member of the Group of Eight, an alliance of leading Australian universities recognised for their excellence in teaching and research. In 2013, Monash achieved 5 stars in the Good Universities Guide of Australia for Student-staff ratio, Research intensivity, Cultural diversity, Research grants, Generic skills and Staff qualifications. Monash has a broad range of study areas across traditional and emerging disciplines. It offers courses as Business, Communications and media, Design, creative art, architecture, Education, Engineering, Environment and sustainability, Humanities and cultures,Information technology, Law and policy, Medicine, health, pharmacy and Science as well. Special majors for undergraduate and postgraduate students are accounting, aerospace, architectural design, multimedia design, art, visual art, psychology, law, humanities, behavioral science, pharmaceutical, management of human resources, management, economics, traveling, nursing, medical education, education of children, primary school education, engineering, computer science, electron, chemistry, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, information management , network technology, software engineering, biological science , nutrition and environmental science. Elected in 1994 as Australia's annual recommendation University , Monash University was ranked 38 in the UK " THES " among global universities. (source: www.monash.edu.au)
