On the morning of November 18th, Diana Azevedo, Vice President of Federal University of Ceará (FUC), Brazil, and her delegation visited Nankai University (NKU) to discuss the deepening of cooperation. Zhao Meirong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the University, welcomed the guests at the School of Foreign Studies.
Ms. Zhao Meirong extended a warm welcome to the visiting guests. She went over the history of collaboration between China and Brazil as well as between NKU and FUC and introduced the latest developments at NKU. In honor of the 50th anniversary of China and Brazil’s diplomatic relations being established, she said NKU would build on past partnerships with FUC by enhancing inter-university cooperation across a range of domains and levels. She expressed her expectation that both sides would keep exploring new modes of cooperation and achieve more fruitful results through exchanges that leverage their respective strengths in disciplines.
Diana Azevedo introduced the history and scale of the school running of FUC and the fruitful achievements of the Confucius Institute over the past five years, which was built in collaboration with Nankai University. She stated that on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Brazil, as well as the fifth anniversary of the Confucius Institute at FUC, promoting international cooperation is one of the priority tasks of FUC, and Nankai University is an important partner in this endeavor.
The two sides exchanged detailed views on the specific cooperation issues of translation and publishing projects, as well as collaborative master’s programs.
Faculty members in charge of the Confucius Institute at the Federal University of Ceará in Brazil, along with representatives from the School of Foreign Studies and the Office of International Cooperation and Exchanges at Nankai University, attended the discussions.
The Federal University of Ceará is one of the largest federal universities in Brazil, directly operating under the Ministry of Education, and serves as a prominent teaching and research center. In 2020, Times Higher Education (THE) in the United Kingdom recognized the Federal University of Ceará as the best university in northern and northeastern Brazil. The Confucius Institute at the Federal University of Ceará is the ninth Confucius Institute established overseas by Nankai University.
