The signing ceremony is hosted on the Zhongbei Campus.
On March 16th, a ceremony marking the signing of an agreement of cooperation between the School of Social Development of ECNU and the School of Social Work of New York University (NYU) was hosted on ECNU’s Zhongbei Campus.
At the ceremony, Lynn Videka, Dean of the School of Social Work at NYU, reviewed the collaboration between the two schools in great detail. She emphasized that this cooperation is not only between the two schools, but also between the two universities and the two countries. She expressed her belief that the double-degree PhD program in social work will benefit the cultivation of the next generation of social workers and the development of both countries.
Lynn Videka reviews the collaboration between the two universities in great detail.
Guo Weilu, Vice President of ECNU, spoke highly of the role this program will play in promoting cooperation between the two universities. He hoped that the School of Social Development would be able to gather experience from this program, expand cooperation in other fields, and, on this basis, try to launch cooperation in undergraduate education. He also said that ECNU will give its full support to this initiative.
On behalf of both sides, Guo Weilu (left) and Lynn Videka sign the agreement.
The double PhD degree program between the two schools is the first such program to be established since the two universities began their partnership. According to the agreement, the program will officially enroll students next year and will cover sociology, social work, demography, anthropology, and folklore. The two schools will choose senior instructors to supervise the students, who will register and learn in both universities. After completing the credits required by both universities and passing the dissertation defense, they will be granted the degrees of Doctor of Judicial Science by ECNU, and Doctor of Social Work by NYU.
