On May 29, 2014, Prof. Tu Qiang, Executive associate dean of Saunders College of Business of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and conducted the teach-in of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for 2+2 Program and US Study Tour for undergraduates in our school.
Prof. Tu Qiang gave an introduction of the relevant information about RIT and presented a teach-in about the Undergraduate 2+2 Program and application instructions, which was well accepted by the students. He introduced the natural environment and the geographical location of Rochester, New York, USA., and lectured on the teaching philosophy and discipline layout and setting, particularly the basic conditions about its college of business. After the teach-in, students raised questions about the further study in the US, employment, visa and specialties, etc., to which Prof. Tu Qiang gave the detailed answers.
Saunders College of Business of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has established the long cooperation with our school for the closer academic exchange. Its undergraduate 2+2 Joint Cultivation Program has provided students at our school for the choice of specialties, say, Accounting and Finance, Economics, Management and International Business, Information Management and Marketing and New Media Marketing, etc., which the students can choose as their subsidiary majors. RIT requires the students to complete a co-op program for a certain period of time so as to improve their overall skills. Just for this Co-op mechanism, the graduates from RIT can achieve the employment rate as high as 96%.
Our school selects and dispatches undergraduates to attend RIT 2+2 Joint Cultivation International Exchange Program and the dispatched students can obtain the double degrees from both RIT and BJTU.
RIT, founded in 1829, now has 8 colleges with 15000 undergraduates and 3000 postgraduates, particularly 2100 international students coming from more than 100 countries and regions in the world. This university highlights the principle that students strive for studies and also get themselves positively involved in sports and amusement activities to promote the studentso overall development and teach them to actively distinguish themselves. There are about 170 associations on campus, offering various student activities all year round. In winter, there are sports matches, such as, Skating, skiing , ice hockey, and in spring there are rugby and basketball matches. RIT ranks among 4% of the American most valuable university for choice and has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the top-notch universities in the USA.
