Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) coordinately welcomes the visit of delegation from University of Western Australia (UWA), led by Prof. Ian McArthur, the Head of School of Physics, and Prof. Judith Berman, the associate director of University Partnership. The team consists of ten UWA undergraduate students, who will do a 4-week research training project at School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE).

On Nov. 28th, MSE organized a joint meeting with the UWA delegation. Mr. Ma Teng from School of International Education (SIE), and Prof. Hong Gao from School of Science (SS) were invited to give an overview about their schools. Prof. Wei Zhang gave an introduction about MSE. Prof. McArthur and Prof. Berman gave an introduction about UWA and the city Perth, the capital of Western Australia. In addition, Prof. McArthur and Prof. Berman offered an excellent research program to XJTU bachelor students that they could spend two months in top laboratories in UWA for research training during the summer break in XJTU. Tuition fee will be exempt for this program. MSE and SS will push this collaboration forward as soon as possible. It can be speculated that the strategic partnership between UWA and XJTU will be significantly strengthened by the bilateral student exchange programs. Once again, the visit of the UWA delegation is highly welcome!