UNSW and China’s prestigious Shanghai Jiao Tong University have increased the size of a joint investment fund designed to mobilise industry investment in research and tap into China’s rapidly rising demand for advanced technology.
UNSW has improved its overall ranking by five spots in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities, and is the top Australian university in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences.
A breakthrough exchange agreement provides a major boost for UNSW students interested in studying in China as part of the Federal Government's New Colombo Plan.
NSW Premier Nathan Rees, former Prime Minister Bob Hawke and a senior Chinese delegation were among those celebrating the opening of a Confucius Institute at UNSW.
UNSW's Faculty of Engineering has been ranked among the top 100 in the world by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities.
