Education News

From August 20th to 26th, 42 students from all over the world joined the 2012 FCE Summer School in Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). 60% of them are from Mainland China. Among them, 12 students are from Tongji University (8 from CCE, 3 from College of Economics and Management and 1 from College of Transportation Engineering). Students from Iceland, United States, UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, Italy, Greece and India also took part in the summer school.

On the night of August 20th, Prof. Teng Jinguang, Dean of FCE and Prof. Li Xiangdong, Vice Dean of FCE made the welcome speech in the opening ceremony. In the coming week, 12 workshops, themed in Urban Planning and Management, Energy Saving Technology and GPS were arranged by professors from 4 different faculties for the students. Laboratory visits and Cultural visits were also included in the schedule.

The summer school promoted the communication between students from different culture and helped students to have a deeper understanding of Hong Kong.