In order to cultivate the talents that meets the needs of economic globalization, boost the improvement of quality and efficiency in the cultivation of undergraduate students and advance the building of the candidate first-class undergraduate programs, the School of Economics and Management(SEM) of IMU signed an MOU with Oriel College of Oxford University in 2020 and reached an agreement on the courses in summer holiday for undergraduate students of SEM. In 2023, after making an implementation plan which was filed to IMU authorities, publicity and mobilization, organization of registration, initial selection and English interview by Oxford University, determination of selected students and education of students before going to Oxford, 9 students were financially supported by SEM to go to Oxford for overseas studies to advance the disciplinary development and international exchange and broaden the international horizon of the students.
Studies at Oxford University
Oriel College of Oxford University was established by English king Edward II in 1326 and is one of the colleges of Oxford University that have long history. Oriel College offers four phases of courses and each phase lasts 2 weeks and the students can choose one of the courses in each phase. The elective courses involve such fields as philosophy, history, law, economy, literature and information technology. Besides regular courses, lectures were given, which made study more diversified.
Studies at Oxford University
The courses the students of IMU chose were as follows: Five students chose Economics of Public Policy; 3 chose both Economics of Public Policy and Knowledge and Reality and 1 student chose Introduction of Finance. Strengthening the communication and exchange with professors and classmates, the students overcame the fear in language communication, strove to learn and adapted themselves to their life at Oxford University. Finally, they successfully got the certificates for the courses. The credits of Oxford University are equal to 1.5 ECTS/3 US credits. And the credits the students got at Oxford will be transferred at IMU according to The Method to Accredit Credits Undergraduate Students of SEM Get in Their Overseas Studies at Oxford University in Summer Holiday.
Studies at Oxford University
The students who participated in the program in summer holiday said that they felt thankful to SEM for its provision of opportunities for them to study overseas. They thought that the program was very meaningful and what they got included not only abundant knowledge and international horizon but also insight into their future development and course arrangement. They hoped they could share with other students what they had seen, thought, felt and understood. At present, SEM is planning and organizing a special sharing of the students who had been to Oxford about the course study, interpersonal communication, language communication and cultural communication.
Studies at Oxford University
The studies at Oxford University by the undergraduate students of SEM in summer holiday is a step that SEM has taken in cultivating the internalized talents and the important exploration and practice for cultivating top-notch talents. On July 16, 2019, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, stressed when he inspected IMU that “You have to manage the university in an open manner, develop in competition and build IMU into a first-class university with distinctive characteristics.” The report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC stresses that the universities in China should adhere to the thought of “cultivating talents for the party and the country” and “bear in mind the country”. This demands that we have to take as political mission and responsibility the cultivation of the internationalized talents who keep in mind the country. SEM will bear in mind the mission, continue to explore the model for the cultivation of top-notch talents and spare no efforts to understand changes, respond to changes and seek reform to overcome difficulties. It will plan and coordinate resources to further provide powerful support to IMU’s “Double-First-Class” building in the light of requirements to build economics as the first-class discipline, cultivate top-notch talents and construct first-class undergraduate programs.
