Conclusion of a cotutelle agreement with the Faculty of Earth Science and Technology, Xiamen University

On Thursday, June 23rd, a memorandum of understanding on a cotutelle program was concluded between the Graduate School of Environmental Science and the Faculty of Earth Science and Technology, Xiamen University. This is the first conclusion of a cotutelle program since the program was introduced into Hokkaido University.

A cotutelle program is a program that, after a conclusion of a cotutelle agreement between Hokkaido University and another university overseas, provides systematic joint research supervision for doctoral students for 1 year or more, in principle. When the students who have received joint research supervision satisfy the requirements for completion in their home university, they will be awarded a diploma stating the implementation of joint research supervision that is required for the completion of the doctoral program under both home and host universities.

Xiamen University is a prestigious university that represents South China, which was established by Tan Kah Kee, a well-known Chinese overseas business leader in 1921. The university consists of 27 schools and approximately 40,000 students. Hokkaido University and Xiamen University have been interacting with each other since the conclusion of an inter-university exchange agreement on November 25th, 2010, through visits, international conferences, and Hokkaido University Interaction Day events.

We look forward that the conclusion of this agreement will lead us to promote even more educational and research exchanges between the universities in the earth environmental science fields including oceanography, earth chemistry, ecology, and climatology.