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New Partnership with Sichuan University, China

27 November 2018

Sichuan University

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The Department for India and Tibet has signed a new partnership agreement with the School of History and Culture at Sichuan University. The agreement will enhance cooperation on several levels. It comprises a student exchange program as well as project-based cooperation between researchers of both universities. Another aim is to convene international workshops and symposiums with the participation of representatives of both institutions and other interested scholars. The first phase of the agreement will run for 5 years.

Sichuan University (SCU) is one of China's top universities, located in Chengdu, a famous historical and cultural capital city of Sichuan Province, in the West of China, not far from the foothills of the Himalaya. The university has about 70.000 enrolled students.

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