On November 4, 2016, the presentation of the 2017-2018 Overseas Master Scholarship Programs was successfully held at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL). Twenty-two delegates from Washington University (St. Louis), Université de Montréal, University of Leeds, University College Dublin, and 12 other partner institutions attended the event.
On the morning of November 4, Ms. Xu Lan, Director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, had a friendly meeting with the participants at the Haidian Campus. During the meeting, Director Xu mentioned that CUPL has striven to deepen cooperation with prestigious universities in North America and Europe that had a high reputation in law and other social sciences. CUPL had established the Overseas Master Scholarship programs since 2013. This program has offered full or partial scholarships for CUPL students enrolled inmaster programs abroad and has been widely accepted and well received. Up to now, the scholarship program has the following features:
A．Rapid Growth. Since 2013, the number of exchange programs has surged from single digits to 51, including 37 inter-school programs. In the academic year 2016-2017, over 150 students are expected to be sent to partner institutions through the scholarship program.
B．Higher Level Participation. Georgetown University, Washington University (St. Louis), Indiana University Bloomington, College of William and Mary, Case WesternReserve University, Université de Montréal, University of Sydney, University of Oxford, University of Exeter, University of Leeds, University of Glasgow,University College Dublin, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Korea University and other prestigious universities around the globe have joined the program insuccession.
C．Increased Scholarships. Apart from a tuition waiver, Southern Methodist University and Korea University have subsidized each student 8000 USD and 7,200,000 KRW respectively for living expenses. Other institutions have also provided a 20% to 70% tuition waiver.
D．Expanded Cooperation. Master Programs have been expanded from law to the political sciences, international studies, public administration, public policy and other subjects.
In the afternoon, the presentation of the 2017-2018 Overseas Master Scholarship Program was held at the Changping Campus with over 200 participants, including Mr. Wu Hongyao, Deputy Director of the Academic Office, Ms. Liu Xinping from the Office of Exchange and Training, Mr. Lv Yong, Deputy Director of the Officeof International Cooperation and Exchange, and delegates from international institutions, alumni, postgraduates as well as undergraduate students.
