International Activities
The School has formal partnerships with a number of institutions accross the world in the areas of research, education collaboration and student mobility.
Details of research collaboration can be found in the School's research pages here.
For a list of institutions with whom the School has signed formal partneships click here.
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS
The School has been collaborating with the Institut Teknologi Brunei (http://www.itb.edu.bn/) in ajoint programme whereby students come to Queen’s for the final year of the BEng having completed the first part of their studies in Brunei. The School also works with Shenzhen University (SZU), China, in admitting students from the Joint Foundation Programme between SZU and Queen’s.
At postgraduate level the School has developed postgraduate collaborations with Zhejiang University, Ningbo Institute of Technology and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MOBILITY
Student mobility both outwards and inwards from Queen’s is supported via active participation in ERASMUS partnerships, Study Abroad partnerships, BEI and IASTE participation and more recently the PMI2 student exchange programmes which involve exchanges student visits with Malaysia, India and China. The School has a very successful history of inward and outward student participation in ERASMUS programmes and currently collaborates actively with Universities in Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey, France, Belgium and Spain. Current partnerships exist with:
University Plaise Pascal-Polytech Celermont-Ferrand
KTH Stockholm
University of Stockholm
Nijmegen Radboud University
University of Amsterdam
Bilkent University, Ankara
Rennes, Sint Lucas,
PHL Belgium,
Chalmers Gothenburg
University of South Brittany,
Polytechnic University Madrid
University of Burgos
For further information contact the Exchange Programmes Director, Dr Geraint Ellis, g.ellis@qub.ac.uk
SPACE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
The School has a multipurpose International Committee which provides strategic focus to developing International Partnerships, supports international activities of the Education disciplines and Research Centres, and promotes international student recruitment and mobility. It also provides a platform to support to cross discipline internationalisation activities as brought forward by School staff. The committee develops an Annual International Marketing Plan in terms of International Recruitment to UG, PGT and PGR, Student mobility (inward and outwards) and Research Collaboration that compliments the work of the three main research Centres. Membership includes Country Leaders, Directors of Research, Erasmus/Exchange Director and other lecturers and senior lecturers. Activity is currently supported in the following markets:
China
India
USA
Europe
New Zealand/Australia
RoI
Middle East
Canada
Malaysia/Brunei
For further information contact the International Committee Chair, Mrs Tara McCollum at t.mccollum@qub.ac.uk
NEWS
Distinguished delegation from Tsighua University (PRC) visits the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering.
A delegation from Tsinghua University, one of the most distinguished universities in China, visited the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering from 27 to 29 April. The Tsinghua delegation is led by Prof. Kegui Xin, Deputy Dean of the School of Civil Engineering, and consists of Prof. Jianguo Nie, Director of the Research Institute of Structural Engineering, and Prof. Peiyu Yan, Director of the Research Institute of Construction Material.
During the visit, the Tsinghua delegation met with Prof. David Cleland, Head of School, and relevant directors and staff members in the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering. They reviewed the progress of existing collaboration and discussed potential opportunities for further collaboration between two schools. In addition to the established collaborative relationship in the area of construction material, both sides show their interests in further collaboration in other areas such as Construction Project management and Structural Engineering.
Prof. Nie and Prof. Yan also delivered lectures to staff members and research students in the Centre for Built Environment Research. The title of Prof. Nie’s lecture was “Aadvances of composite steel-concrete structures” and the title of Prof. Yan’s lecture was “High volume mineral admixture concrete: making concrete greener”. During the visit, the Tsinghua delegation has also met with Senior Management at Queen’s University to further consolidate mutual understanding and academic exchange between two universities at institutional and School level.
