On the afternoon of October 23, 2026, Seneviratne Ranhoti Gamage Jagath, President of KIU University of Sri Lanka (KIU), Bulathsinghalage Thishani Imasha, Vice President, and Hollu Pathirage Sashini Rajithamala, Registrar, and other delegates visited Shandong Xiehe University (SXU). Hu Hengji, Vice President of SXU, Jiang Shengnan, Vice Dean of the Medical School, Zhou Guangtao, Director of the International Office, Niu Yue, Deputy Director of the International Office, and others received the delegation.
      Before the meeting, the delegation visited the university’s Medical and Nursing Laboratory Center and gained a detailed understanding of the university’s experimental and practical training conditions in medical and nursing education. Subsequently, the two sides held a cooperation meeting.
      At the meeting, Vice President Hu Hengji extended a warm welcome to the delegation from KIU and briefed them on the university’s basic information and its achievements in recent years in international cooperation and exchange, education and teaching, and scientific research. He stated that the university attaches importance to the strategy of internationalization and hopes to take this exchange as an opportunity to further expand cooperation space with Sri Lankan universities in medicine, health, and related fields. Seneviratne Ranhoti Gamage Jagath, President of KIU, introduced the university’s educational philosophy, disciplinary strengths, and international cooperation experience, and expressed the expectation to establish cooperative relations with SXU and jointly provide students with more high-quality international educational resources.
      The two sides held in-depth discussions on topics including introductions of both universities, joint education and talent development in acupuncture, traditional medicine, rehabilitation, and related health disciplines, two-way international student mobility, potential Chinese-foreign cooperative education initiatives, overseas education cooperation and jointly developed academic courses, and further collaboration in academic exchanges, faculty engagement, and curriculum development. They also exchanged views on cooperation in relevant disciplines.
      This meeting has injected new momentum into cooperation between the two universities. Taking this exchange as an opportunity, both sides will uphold the concepts of openness, inclusiveness, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation, continue to deepen cooperation in fields such as medicine and health, traditional medicine, rehabilitation nursing, student mobility, faculty exchange, and curriculum development, and jointly commit to cultivating high-caliber talents with a global vision and international competitiveness.
      KIU is located in Sri Lanka and is one of the country’s well-known institutions of higher education. It has distinctive features and strengths in health sciences, traditional medicine, and other fields. The university emphasizes interdisciplinary research and innovative talent cultivation and is committed to providing students with quality educational resources and a multicultural learning environment. (Claire, Inter Office)