A delegation from Fudan University, one of China’s leading institutions, paid a visit to Queen’s this week as their only Canadian stop on a larger North American tour. Former Fudan President Yang Yuliang led the delegation, which toured the Queen’s University Biological Station and the new Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts before attending meetings and events with Principal Woolf and other Queen’s representatives.

The visit also included a special reception with both Fudan students currently studying at Queen’s, and Queen's students, some of whom had studied at Fudan as part of an exchange program coordinated by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLCU).

Located in Shanghai, Fudan is one of Queen’s strongest Chinese partner institutions, with a number of ongoing academic and research partnerships. It also plays host to Queen’s China Liaison Office. Principal Woolf and a delegation from Queen’s visited the university in 2012.

Internationalization is a priority for Queen’s and one of the key drivers in its strategic framework. China is one of the university’s international areas of focus as it seeks to enhance its international student recruitment efforts and research prominence.