Monday, August 20, 2007

Shanghai University Delegation Visits Purdue

A delegation from one of China's top 10 universities will meet with Purdue University officials and tour campus facilities during a Thursday (23 August) visit, according to the Purdue news bureau.

Twenty representatives from Shanghai Jiao Tong University will spend the day learning about the educational philosophy, practices and experiences at Purdue, as well as hearing presentations from the College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts, School of Management and College of Education.

Of the 4,824 international students enrolled at Purdue in the 2006-07 school year, there were 767 students from China, second only to India with 1,085. That year, 222 Purdue students were studying abroad in Asia, up from 79 students there in 2005-06.

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