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Waterloo International was proud to celebrate International Women's Day this year but hosting a table at the University's annual "International Women's Day Dinner 2019" at Federation Hall. We were happy to share the table with several of our campus partners; women leaders, stewards, and trailblazers of female international experience at the University.

Delegates from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University visited the university on Monday, January  14, 2019 to introduce their newly established Greater Bay Area International Institute for Innovation (GBA I3) and its plan to the UWaterloo senior management team.  Discussions also continued on the development of joint entrepreneurship programs between our universities.

Delegates from Shandong Provincial Education Department and the Shandong Normal University, in China, visited the University of Waterloo on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. The objectives of the visit were to review existing student exchange programs and to explore how to support universities international programs in Shandong province.

The China University of Petroleum Beijing visited The University of Waterloo campus on Monday, November 26, 2018 to meet with the Faculty of Science to review the existing 2+2 undergrad program, sign the MOU and discuss a detailed work plan to enlarge future recruitment numbers of students from CUPB.  

Delegates from China University of Petroleum Beijing:

Prof. LI Gensheng, Vice President, International
Prof. JIN Yan, Dean of the Graduate School 
Prof. LI Yongfeng, Director of the International Office
Dr. FENG Jinyu, International Office

Delegates from Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, visited the university on Friday, November 16, 2018 to meet with UW leadership and faculties, gain mutual understanding and seek potential academic and research cooperation in fields like Liberal Arts, Math and Computer Science, Science and Engineering.

On Monday, October 29th 2018, delegates from British High Commission in Canada & British Consulate-General in Toronto visited the University of Waterloo to discuss ongoing collaborations.

Delegates from British High Commission in Canada & British Consulate-General in Toronto:

Delegates from the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) vistied the University on Monday, October 29, 2018 to strengthen the existing partnership, explore student exchange and research potential in Life Science and Engineering; and to learn more about student innovation and entrepreneurship in UW.

His Excellency, Mr. Vikas Swarup, High Commissioner for India to Canada visited campus on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 to meet with University President and Vice-Chancellor, Feridun Hamdullahpur and to present this talk entitled "New India."  The presentation was well attended by members of the University community and we thank His Excellency for sharing his insights and comments on the recent transformations happening in India.

On Monday, October 1, 2018, the Vice President of Research at Tsinghua University in China, Qi-kun Xue visited the University of Waterloo.  He also presemted a public lecture on Transformative Quantum Technologies entitled "Physics Beyond Ohm's Law." The objective of the delegation visit was to discuss collaborations on quantum sciences and quantum technology.

On Monday October 1 and Tuesday October 2, 2018, the University of Waterloo welcomed delegates from Wuhan University (WHU) for a two-day visit.  The objective of the visit was to review existing 2+2 programs, discuss new work-plans, explore the possibility of a study abroad program, and discuss student innovation, entrepreneurship, and co-op education.