KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Zhejiang University (ZJU) is eager to guide students’ evolution as it aims to advance civilisation, serve society and promote national prosperity, social development and human progress.
Responsibility, hard work and loyalty are the three tenets of a good life, according to ZJU associate professor, Imran Haider Shamsi, who is said to embody the university’s motto – seeking truth, pursuing innovation.
According to a statement from ZJU, Shamsi spent 18 years at the university, from an undergraduate to PhD and Postdoc holder to becoming its first foreign faculty member of the Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology.
“I was made in ZJU by ZJU and for ZJU. I know my Pakistani ancestors and my family and my beliefs; I never lose my identity. But I have also adopted the Chinese culture with a very open heart,” said Shamsi.
ZJU, one of China’s leading research-intensive universities, offers academic freedom and encourages the pursuit of interdisciplinary collaboration, the application of research to real-world problems and the exploration of new ideas and concepts.
“We think the most creative area is where science meets art, meets design, meets engineering – these four areas coming together can provide immense opportunities,” said ZJU's International Design Institute deputy director, Lingyun Sun.
"Our ideas are concerned with how we can invent the future and ZJU is unique because of the environment, because of our joint institute with Alibaba (the Chinese e-commerce giant) and because of the local manufacturing background,” Sun added.
Meanwhile, the latest exhibition of ZJU design students' work included origami robots, an electric bicycle and a technology pillow that helps users enter a shallow sleep by simulating the 'white noise' of nature.
Innovation is also evident in the teaching at ZJU and in 2018, one of its most creative and popular instructors, Weng Kai, was honoured with the Yongping Outstanding Teaching Contribution Award.
ZJU also has an impressive record of supporting its students to achieve success in global competitions. In 2018, the university claimed victories at the Tokyo International Choir Competition, the RoboCup and the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition.
-- BERNAMA
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