Tsinghua President Qiu Yong Meets with New International Students

Registration for new graduate students took place on August 25. Tsinghua University President Qiu Yong talked with the new students from around the world that morning.

In the Department of Industrial Engineering, President Qiu entended his warm welcome to all the new international students. Sulander Juhani Samuli, an international student from Finland, told the President that he had studied Chinese language for six years and he was very glad to study here at Tsinghua, a top university in China. President Qiu spoke highly of him and encouraged him to make further progress in his studies.

In the School of Economics and Management, Timothy Hesler, a new international student of Tsinghua-MIT Global MBA Program, told the President how he had been impressed by the academic atmosphere of Tsinghua when he taught shortly here several years ago while studying in Harvard University. President Qiu expressed his best wishes to Timothy for gaining more in-depth knowledge at Tsinghua.

In the Department of International Relations, School of Social Sciences, the Tsinghua-Johns Hopkins SAIS Dual Degrees Program in Global Politics and Economics was also welcoming its first batch of students. Nine international students from the United States, Canada and South Korea, together with nine Chinese graduate students were preparing to start their new journey at Tsinghua. President Qiu encouraged them to learn from each other, and be prepared for their future.

(From International Studies Office)