In order to further improve the students' international vision and competitiveness,Xi 'an Polytechnic University(XPU)organized undergraduate students to go to Hong Kong PolytechnicUniversity for the training on leadership and innovation ability.50 undergraduate students took part in the training and studying program from January 13th to 20th,2018.
The event organized by International Office, designs to improve the students' international vision, enhance the leadership and innovation ability of students,enable the students to experience the advanced teaching idea, strong scientific research atmosphere and diverse cultural background of Hong Kong University.Zhang Hui, director of Student Affair Office,Zhao Xiaohui,deputy director of Teaching Afffair Office,and Yang Han from the International Office organized all the students’activities as teamlearders.
At the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, students studied "Entrepreneurship Innovation", "Leadership Development", "Creativity and Innovation" and other courses which were taught in English.With the English immersive teaching style, problem-oriented teaching concept and flexible teaching method, students were inspired to actively discuss with the teacher and classmates, creating a warm astomosphere.Duringthe process of English communicating,students’confidence to speak English, and their English level,innovative thinking have all been improved.
Students also visited Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,during which they interacted with studentsthere, appreciated the internationalization and diversification of the university in Hong Kong.Meanwhile the group visited Hong Kong city hall and Hong Kong legislative council,learned about the development and future planning of Hong Kong.
This visit to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is the first time that XPU has funded undergraduates study abroad with full international exchange scholarship.Systematic English learning and the practice in some Top 500 enterprises benifit the students a lot. This training and studying experience improves students’ study consciousness of innovation, international vision and innovative thinking, as well as promote students' employment and career development in the future.The school will continue to subsidize outstanding undergraduate and graduate students to study abroad by offfering scholarships.Recently, XPU will organize students who have studied abroad to share the experience with more students, aiming to further play the positive role of cross-border education, promote students' international vision and the internationalization of talents training in XPU.
