China Discovery 2018 Introduction of International Summer School in Harbin Institute of Technology College of International Education 2018.07.02---2018.07.27
About HIT Founded in 1920, Harbin Institute of Technology has developed into an open, multidisciplinary, research-oriented, leading national university with science and engineering as its core, encompassing management, liberal arts, economy and law as a whole. In 2009, HIT became a member of Top 9 (C9) in China. HIT is now well on its way towards achieving the goal of being a world class university, which is a leading engineering university ranked in the world s Top 6 in US News 2018. About Program The International Summer School program will run from July 2 to 27 in 2018. This program offers a wide variety of English-taught courses in cultural studies, literature, economics, international relations, as well as Chinese traditional physical exercises and sports. It also provides Chinese language courses for beginners. All courses will be held at HIT main campus. Students will receive an official transcript and earn academic credits from us and many students can transfer these credits back to their home universities upon completion of the program. List of Participating Universities in 2017 More than 100 participants from 27 friendly universities in 12 countries or regions participated in Summer School 2017. University of Adelaide, Australia Purdue University, America Saga University, Japan Korea University, Korea National University of Singapore, Singapore University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Far Eastern Federal University, Russia Perm State University, Russia
About Faculties Edwin R. McDaniel, Ph.D. Guest Speaker The Global Class (Durham College, Canada) Invited Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan Invited Lecturer, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China Priscilla Lynne Young, Ph.D. Guest Speaker University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA. Director of the English Skills Center at PKU HBSC Business School Certified Nonviolence Trainer, Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies Yanning Guo, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University (America) Assistant Professor, Department of Control Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China Wei Dong, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar, CNRS FEMTO-ST, (France) Visiting Scholar, University of Connecticut (America) Assistant Professor, State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China Yong Zhou (MBA Birmingham University UK) CEO & Chairman of the board Hansheng Info-Tech Limited CEO China Campus Network (A consortium of 38 Leading Chinese Universities) Executive Dean of Shanghai University of Science & Technology Sai Tang, Ph.D. Associate Professor,School of Humanities, Social Science and Law, HIT Visiting Scholar at Michigan State University, America SMC Award for Teachers, Demonstrated Interest, Ability, and Commitment to Education
About Activities - Chinese Language & Cultural experiences There are courses in Chinese listening, speaking, reading, and grammar, ancient Chinese, and Chinese culture. We also offer the Chinese cultural experience activities, which include Chinese painting, Chinese cuisines, Chinese paper cutting, traditional culture lectures, etc. - City exploration We will visit the places of interests in Harbin, such as, Sun Island, Central Street, Baroque Style Street, Kanto Ancient Lanes. - Seminar on The Belt & Road Initiative You will further understand the development of The Belt & Road Initiative and the basic theory in management consulting and policy analysis, systematic specialized knowledge. Application Process Application Deadline: June 20, 2018 Online Application Link: https://hit.17gz.org/ Expenses Content Fee Tuition Fee 4,000 RMB (about 600 USD) Registration Fee 400 RMB (about 60 USD) Monthly Dormitory 600 RMB (about 90 USD) Insurance Fee 160RMB (about 25 USD) College of International Education, HIT Add: No. 11 Siling Street, Nangang District, Harbin 150001 P.R. China Tel: +86-451-86402455, +86-451-86412647,+86-451-86418461 Fax: +86-451-86417792 E-mail: StudyatHIT@hit.edu.cn Website: www.studyathit.cn
Schedule of Curriculum and Cultural Experience Class Schedule: Name of Course Credit hours Credits Test Form Cultural Exploration---How East Meets West 8 credit hours 0.5 credit Exam/Paper/Report Chinese Communication in a Globalized Economy 8 credit hours 0.5 credit Exam/Paper/Report Story of China---Cooperation or Competition 8 credit hours 0.5 credit Exam/Paper/Report Chinese Development in the Western Version 8 credit hours 0.5 credit Exam/Paper/Report Entrepreneurship Experience for Oversea Students 8 credit hours 0.5 credit Exam/Paper/Report Chinese Language courses 8 credit hours 0.5 credit Exam/Paper/Report Cultural Experience: Program Name HIT Museum Central Street and Harbin Urban Planning Exhibition Hall Harbin Beer Museum Chinese Traditional Games Handcraft: Chinese Paper Cutting, etc. Outside Classroom Kite Flying Game Fish Skin Art Content Know the history of HIT Know more about Harbin City Harbin Beer Culture Experience Play Chinese Traditional Games DIY Chinese Paper Cutting Study by visiting characteristic places Draw your own kite and let it fly Make art works with dried fish skin Seminar: Theme Content Lecturer The Belt & Road Initiative Think-tank Learn the policy of The Belt & Road Initiative and perspectives Professor: Jianing Mi Dean of Department of Public Administration of Seminar of economic development School of Management and Economic HIT Aeronautics and Learn the development of Associate Professor: Yanning Guo astronautics Development in China Aeronautics and astronautics in China Department of Control Science and Engineering Harbin Institute of Technology Robotics Technology and System Development in China Learn the development of Robotics Technology and System Associate Professor: Wei Dong State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System Harbin Institute of Technology
9:00 10:30 2018 China Discovery International Summer School Program Schedule July 1(Sun) July 2(Mon) July 3(Tue) July 4(Wed) July 5(Thu) July 6(Fri) July 7(Sat) Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture 10:30 11:00 Opening Ceremony Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop 13:30 16:30 & HIT Museum Harbin Urban Planning Seminar : The Belt & Road Exhibition Hall Chinese Traditional Games Initiative Think-tank &Central Street July 8(Sun) July 9(Mon) July 10(Tue) July 11(Wed) July 12(Thu) July 13(Fri) July 14(Sat) 9:00 10:30 Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture 10:30 11:00 Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop 13:30 16:30 Handcraft: Chinese Paper Cutting, etc. Seminar: Aeronautics and astronautics Development in China Harbin Beer Museum July 15(Sun) July 16(Mon) July 17(Tue) July 18(Wed) July 19(Thu) July 20(Fri) July 21(Sat) 9:00 10:30 Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture 10:30 11:00 Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop 13:30 16:30 Outside Classroom Seminar:Robotics Technology and System Development in China July 22(Sun) July 23(Mon) July 24(Tue) July 25(Wed) July 26(Thu) July 27(Fri) July 28(Sat) 9:00 10:30 Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture Series Lecture 10:30 11:00 13:30 16:30 Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Kite Flying Game Fish Skin Art Closing Ceremony Remarks: Time for activities maybe changed according to the actual situation, but the contents remain the same.