In the morning of Sept. 18^th, Prof. NIU Shengjie (Vice President) had a meeting with Prof. Butler, Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield (UoS), and his colleague Lucy Zhao. Prof. NIU welcomed them in the conference room in the administrative building. Representatives from College of Overseas Education, Office of Teaching Affairs, College of Chemical Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering and College of Physical and Mathematical Science attended the meeting.

Prof. NIU welcomed Prof. Malcolm Butler and Lucy Zhao. He thanks UoS for the support to its cooperation with NanjingTech and hopes that UoS could continue the 3+1 joint program as well as joint scientific research and joint cultivation of master and PhD students.

Prof. Butler thanks Prof. NIU for the great hospitality. He spoke highly of the joint program between UoS and NanjingTech and sincerely hoped that both sides could continue doing so. At present, his colleagues are reviewing the Agreement and revising the curriculum, staff plan and language proficiency standards. It will take some time and he will surely help accelerate that procedure. He hopes that NanjingTech will understand that.

At the end of the meeting, the attendees took a group photo and exchanged gifts.

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The 3+1 joint program between NanjingTech and UoS dates back to 2011. It has cultivated a great many of students under the joint efforts. Many of the graduates went for further study in world renowned universities such as Oxford and Cambridge. The joint program has also laid a solid foundation for the exchanges between teachers of both sides, which has improved the level and quality of disciplinary development and scientific research. One major of the program, Chemistry, has already been accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the first of its kind in mainland China. Besides, both Chemistry and Financial Mathematics are approved as the high-level demonstrative programs by the department of education of Jiangsu province.