ECNU has established friendly and cooperative relations with a total of 73 universities from Japan, South Korea, Israel, Singapore, Vietnam, and Malaysia, etc
Since the early 1980s, ECNU has carried out educational exchanges and cooperation with universities in Japan. At present, ECNU has established cooperative relations with more than 50 universities and institutions in Japan including the University of Tokyo, Kyushu University, Waseda University, and the University of Tsukuba. In 2021, the “Asian Campus+”, a cross-professional cooperation project between ECNU and Japan, South Korea, and six schools of six ASEAN countries, was successfully approved as the third phase of the “Asian Campus” project of the Ministry of Educationof the People’s Republic of China.
In terms of cooperation withuniversities and institutions inSouth Korea,ECNU has signed cooperation agreements with 18 universities in South Korea. In particular, it has conducted long- and middle-term student exchanges and other forms of substantial cooperation with 11 universities including Korea University, Hanyang University, Pusan National University, Konkuk University, and Dongguk University. In addition, about 40 faculty members visit universities and research institutions in South Korea every year to participate in international conferences and other diversified academic exchanges.
In terms of cooperation withuniversities and institutions inIsrael,ECNU has signed cooperation agreements with 4 universities. The cooperation with Israel mainly focuses on a series of exchanges and cooperation with the University of Haifa. The ECNU-UH Joint Translational Science and Technology Research Institute, co-established in 2016 by ECNU, Haifa University, Government of Minhang District, Shanghai, and Shanghai Zizhu Hi-Tech Digital Hub Co. Ltd, mainly focuses on in-depth cooperation in life medicine and new drug research and development, ecological and environmental engineering, neurological and brain science, and data science.
Furthermore, the School of Computer Science and Technology and the Software Engineering Institute of ECNU have carried out exchange programs with the School of Computer Science of the National University of Singapore. Besides, ECNU has organized programs for postgraduates majoring in overseas education with Pay Fong High School, Malacca. Moreover, the university has carried out long-term exchanges with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Hanoi National University of Education in the fields of international Chinese language education and social sciences and humanities respectively.
