University of Southampton’s Visit to CUHK-Shenzhen

Professor Sabu Padmadas, Associate Dean International and Professor of Demography and Global Health, and Ms. Song Pan, Senior Manager of Faculty International office, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, visited The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen on 18th October, 2018.

A meeting was held between University of Southampton and CUHK-Shenzhen. During the visit, the guests met with Ms. Maxine Luo, Director of Career Development Center (SME), Mr. Paul Ke, Director of Office of Academic Links, and other representatives from SME, SSE and OAL. The discussion revolved around deepening the collaboration between the two universities.

After the meeting, an information session was held at Teaching A building. Over 80 students attended the session. During the session, Professor Sabu Padmadas and Ms. Song Pan gave a detailed introduction of the University of Southampton and the 4+1 program, and answered the questions raised by interested students.

The University of Southampton is a research university located in Southampton, England. It is ranked #96 by the QS World University Rankings 2019. A founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities, University of Southampton is ranked 18th in the United Kingdom for average quality of research submitted, 11th for research power and 8th for research intensity in the most recent Research Excellence Framework.