Rector of Imperial College London Visits Tsinghua
Sir Keith O’Nions, Rector of Imperial College London, visited Tsinghua on January 18th of this year. Tsinghua University President Chen Jining held discussions with Rector O’Nions during his time here.
In their meeting, President Chen and Rector O’Nions exchanged ideas on talent cultivation, research, energy conservation and urban environmental protection, the effects of new information technology on teaching, and on university development.
They expressed the hope that more collaboration between Tsinghua and Imperial College London could be encouraged in the coming years, especially in such areas as joint summer program activities, student research, and academic cooperation.
Sir Keith O’Nions took up the post of Rector of Imperial College London on January 1st of 2010, after joining the College in July 2008 in order to set up and direct its new Institute for Security Science and Technology.
