Celebrating the Opening of Kumamoto University Dalian Office
About 50 people connected to the office attended the ceremony, including University President Taniguchi, Vice-President Furukawa, Professor Fumihiko Yamada of the Graduate School of Science and Technology, and President Ou Jinping and Vice-Preisdent Ning Guiling of Dalian University of Technology. The unveiling of the new office sign by President Taniguchi and President Ou was met with rapturous applause by those in attendance.
President Taniguchi remarked in his address that China is a very important area for the global strategy of Kumamoto University. He then stated his intention to use the Dalian office as a base for the university’s activities in northern China, from which the university shall make efforts to woo excellent foreign students in the future, construct a graduate network, and carry out other activities.
Moreover, President Ou of Dailian University of Technology told the audience that he hoped to take advantage of the opening of the Dalian office to strengthen the relations between Dalian University of Technology and Kumamoto University in various fields,
Located in Dalian in the Liaodong Peninsula, Dalian University of Technology is one of the leading national universities in northeast China and was designated as a National Key University in 1960. Kumamoto University signed an Academic Exchange Agreement with Dalian University of Technology in 2006 and has since developed a strong relationship.
The Kumamoto University Dalian office is located in the campus of Dalian University of Technology. It is the fourth overseas office of Kumamoto University, following the offices in Shanghai (China), South Korea and Indonesia. The office measures about 80m², with a meeting space and an area for Kumamoto University Press publications as well as books and brochures regarding Kumamoto and Japan.
(Kumamoto University Dalian office: Postal code 116024, Room 106, Building B, Science Park, No.80 Software Park Road, Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China)
