Asia Intercollegiate Cooperative Project
for Nurturing Global Leaders
in Sustainable Infrastructure Development

About the University

Shandong University (SDU) is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China and listed in the 21 national key construction first-class universities by the Chinese Ministry of Education. The main domains are philosophy, economics, law, literature, history, natural science, engineering technology, business management, and medical science. Full-time students are some 70,000, and full-time academic staff is over 4,500, showing how large and comprehensive university SDU is.
The main office of SDU is in Jinan, which is the capital of Shandong province. The campus there is 3.8 square kilometers large. SDU also has two other campuses in Qingdao and Weihai facing the Yellow Sea.
SDU is also active when it comes to international academic exchange, hosting around 1,000 exchange foreign students and having academic exchange agreements with about 200 universities and institutes in more than 30 countries and regions, including the United States and Japan.

Project Preparation Progress (Delivered Results)

Since the first joint research with SDU in 2007, NU has accepted researchers and doctoral students every year. In 2010, NU and SDU signed an academic exchange agreement and a memorandum of understanding for student exchange. Since then, NU has accepted two students each year from SDU as a consortium partner school under the Inter-University Exchange Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and two of these students entered the doctoral course. In addition, a wide range of activities such as holding international symposiums and faculty staff exchanges have been continuously promoted.
s for the preparation for this project, the “Long-term Exchange Program based on the Double Degree System (Master’s course)” will continue, and a new “Double Degree Program (Doctoral course)” will be established. A memorandum of understanding and implementation guidelines have already been signed and an implementation system is in place.　 In addition, there is a plan to establish an “International Collaboration Laboratory” between Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and ASEAN universities led by Shandong University.

History

1901

A predecessor college was founded in Shandong by Yuan Shikai.

1901

‘Shandong High School’ was established

1924

‘Private Qingdao University’ was established

1928

‘National Shandong University’ was established

1951

Shandon University merged with East China University.

July 2000

Shandon University merged with Shandong Medical University and Shandong University of Technology.

About the University

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) is a private university whose main campus is located in the Jongno district in Seoul. SKKU has a long history as its predecessor was the highest national educational institution of the Joseon Dynasty founded in 1398, making it the oldest university in east Asia. SKKU has 37 faculties and graduate schools with approximately 35,000 students and 2,500 international students. Humanities and Social Sciences Campus is in Seoul, while Natural Science Campus, holding medicine, pharmacy, and engineering faculties, is in Suwon city. Suwon city is a central city with a beautiful lake, located 35 km south of Seoul, takes about an hour by bus or subway from Seoul. Suwon is the regional hub that has a beautiful lake. The city is also famous for its walls of “Hwaseong Fortress”, which is designated by UNESCO as a world heritage site.

Project Preparation Progress (Delivered Results)

In 2006, SKKU and NU signed a memorandum of understanding about academic exchange agreement and memorandum of understanding on student exchange. As a result of such agreements, SKKU became a candidate to host NU’s students for Korean language training. In 2016, when the second mode of the “Inter-University Exchange Project” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, was adopted, SKKU and NU developed two-way exchanges as consortium partners. During the project period, NU conducted inbound and outbound exchange programs with SKKU, and a total of 61 students were exchanged between the two universities. Moreover, in FY2018, Professor Kim of SKKU started working as a visiting researcher in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Course of the Graduate School of Engineering at NU to promote joint research.
With a focus on the second mode of the “Inter-University Exchange Project”, NU and SKKU are actively exchanging faculty staff and students and planning high quality, two-way, practical exchanges for the future. Several meetings between the two universities have already been held to exchange opinions on the development of this project. A memorandum of understanding and implementation guidelines for the continuation of the “Long-term Exchange Program based on the Double Degree System (Master’s course)” have also been signed. After the start of the project, detailed discussions and preparations will be proceeded to implement the program, and both universities expect to be able to develop a substantial student exchanges during FY2022.

History

1398

In the 7th year of King Taejo of Joseon Dynasty, new Sungkyunkwan was established and relocated to the capital Hanyang (current Seoul) to succeed previous Seonggyungwan established by Goryeo Dynasty.

1895

Modern education system is adopted by the imperial decree of Emperor Gojong, introducing western subjects, including mathematics and sciences.

1911

Renamed to Gyeonghagwon by order of the Japanese Imperial Governor-General of Korea.

1946

Sungkyunkwan University was established.

1953

SKKU was promoted to a comprehensive university.

1979

Natural Sciences Campus was completed.

1990

600th Anniversary Commemoration Association was established.

1996

The Samsung Group acquired the SKKU Foundation.

1998

The 600th anniversary

2004

SKK Graduate School of Business (SKK GSB) was established in collaboration with the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About the University

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is the second-largest university in Singapore, having around 30,000 students and total faculty and staff population close to 10,000. As QS world university rankings 2022 ranked NTU as 12th, it would be fair to say NTU is the number-one technological university in Asia. The main campus (Yunnan Garden Campus) covers 200 hectares, the largest in Singapore. Located next to Jurong West are, the architectural design is new and open, making it popular with students.
After 1975, all courses, except Chinese languages lessons, are delivered in English. In Singapore, development utilization of underground space in densely populated urban areas and maintenance of social infrastructure facilities are important issues. Academic staff of NTU’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is contributing to the field with world-class academic results. You may gain high-quality learning experiences in Singapore, enriched by cultural diversity. Students at NTU can concentrate and get quality education in the diverse environment of Singapore.

Project Preparation Progress (Delivered Results)

NU started interaction with NTU in 2000, exchanging information at international conferences and laboratories visits . As parts of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science’s Invitational Fellowship for Research Project (short-term) in FY2004, Associate Professor Jian ZHAO was invited to Nagasaki and stayed for a month. Close exchanges have been conducted through special performances, site visits, participation in laboratory seminars, research discussions, and other activities. Since then, both universities have been deepening trust relationship through cooperation in holding international conferences in the areas of expertise in 2006, 2014, 2015, and 2018.
Preparations are currently underway for the signing of a university academic exchange agreement and a memorandum of understanding for student exchange based on the agreement between NU and NTU. Both universities plan to continue developing substantive bi-directional exchanges as NTU is a core partner university of the consortium for collaboration in this project. From FY2020, NU and NTU have discussed and exchanged opinions several times regarding this project on a working-level. NTU will participate as observer in the management system which will be established for the consortium steering committee of the “Japan-China-Korea Consortium for Nurturing Infrastructure Engineers and Scientists”. A memorandum of understanding and agreement on student exchange within this project with NTU will be signed by FY2022.

History

1955

Nanyang University, the predecessor of NTU, was established.

1980

Nanyang University merged with the University of Singapore.

1981

Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) was established on the premises of the former Nanyang University.

1991

NTI merged with the National Institution of Education to form NTI

About the University

As the highest educational institution in Laos, the National University of Laos (NUOL) plays a significant role in providing higher education in fields necessary for the social and economic development of Laos, research in the natural and social sciences, preserving the national arts, culture and traditions, and academic support to society. NUOL students learn for five years; the first year is for liberal arts study, and the remaining four years study are offered by each faculty.
NUOL is in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. There are several campuses in the city, and the main campus is Dongdok campus. The university has 13 faculties: Forestry, Education, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Letters, Economics and Business Administration, Agriculture, Laws and Political Sciences, Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Sciences, Sport Science and Physical Education, and Water Resources. In addition, NUOL has two institutes, a university hospital, and an ethnic minority school. Various students have graduated as sophisticated human resources since NUOL started its operation.

Project Preparation Progress (Delivered Results)

The exchange with the NUOL began when faculty members from NU’s Graduate School of Engineering participated in a technical cooperation project on road maintenance and management conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in Laos. Since then, both universities have continued to exchange information, including academic and research areas. In 2019, a joint research project with NUOL’s Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering was selected by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) for the “Research Grant for International Expansion of Infrastructure Management Technologies”. To date, the two universities have been engaged in full-scale academic and research collaboration, including dispatch of doctoral students for research activities and joint experiments.
In order to strengthen exchange system between the two universities, three faculty members from NUOL participated in an international symposium held at NU as part of the “Inter-University Exchange Project: Japan-China-Korea Intercollegiate Cooperative Project for Nurturing Leading Infrastructure Engineers (2nd Mode)”. In preparation for the current project, NU delegated a faculty member who is a co-researcher to be in charge of the project at the NUOL and have exchanged opinions on this project several times since FY2020. The plan is to sing a memorandum of understanding and agreement on student exchange within this project by 2022.

History

1996

NUOL was established as the only national university in Laos at the time.

2000

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is divided into the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Letters.

2001

The Laos-Japan Center for human resource development was established on campus

2003

Started accepting students majoring in Japanese language