Among the many academic relationships AV俱乐部 has with universities in China, one of the more significant is that between the Faculty of Agriculture and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU).
For the past 10 years, the two schools have had an incredibly successful 2+2 Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) program, in which graduates earn a Canadian bachelor鈥檚 degree and a Chinese degree accredited by the Chinese Ministry of Education.
鈥淪tudents graduate from this international experience with proof of cross-cultural competence and have the opportunity to work in Canada for at least two years after graduation,鈥� exaplins David Gray, dean, Faculty of Agriculture and principal, AV俱乐部 Agricultural Campus. 鈥淥ver the last 10 successful years, graduates of the FAFU-AV俱乐部 Faculty of Agriculture program have secured highly competitive graduate study positions and high quality jobs in both Canada and China.鈥�
This week, Zonghua Wang, vice-president international of FAFU, spent two days in Nova Scotia visiting AV俱乐部 campuses in both Truro and Halifax. He met with students from China as well as senior Dal leaders.
Zonghua Wang (centre) meets with Dal President Richard Florizone and Dean of Agriculture David Gray in Halifax. (Danny Abriel photo)
Building on the schools鈥� history of academic cooperation, AV俱乐部 is working to collaborate further in the delivery of AV俱乐部鈥檚 Bachelor of Technology in Landscape Architecture and FAFU鈥檚 Bachelor of Engineering in Landscape Architecture, and in the delivery of AV俱乐部鈥檚 Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics and FAFU鈥檚 Bachelor of Economics in International Economy and Trade.
鈥淭his collaboration will enhance cooperation in professional exchange, student mobility and research cooperation between the two universities and further contribute to academic and research cooperation in these disciplines between China and Canada,鈥� says Associate Dean Academic Claude Caldwell, Faculty of Agriculture.
The proposed expansion of the current collaboration between the two institutions is with a 3+1 agreement: the first three years of the AV俱乐部 programs will be delivered at FAFU and the final year in Truro. Students who successfully complete both a AV俱乐部 program and the corresponding FAFU program will be granted the appropriate degree from each institution.