On April 18^th, Prof. Leon Laulusa, Executive President and Dean of ESCP Business School, visited USTB for a communication and exchange meeting. Prof. JIAO Shuqiang, Vice President of USTB, attended the meeting, together with Prof. GU Wei, Dean of the School of Economics and Management, Prof. ZHANG Bowei, Associate Director of the Office of International Affairs, Prof. CHEN Zhicheng, Former Associate Dean of the School of Economics and Management. The meeting was presided over by Prof. GU Wei.

Prof. JIAO Shuqiang spoke at the meeting

Prof. JIAO Shuqiang briefly introduced USTB's development status, disciplinary strengths, and achievements in international collaboration and exchange. He also attached great importance to this meeting and had high expectations.

Prof. Leon Laulusa spoke at the meeting

Prof. Leon Laulusa introduced the outstanding achievements of ESCP Business School. As one of the top 5 business schools in Europe, the school not only has profound academic backgrounds and rich educational resources but also has established solid cooperative relationships with many first-class institutions in China.

At the meeting, Prof. CHEN Zhicheng, now 91 years old, affectionately recalled his 30-year-lasting friendship with Prof. Leon Laulusa and their mutual support in academic pursuits. At the same time, he shared the history of the international development of the School of Economics and Management. He put forward earnest hopes and suggestions for the college's future international exchange and cooperation. Prof. GU Wei introduced the basic situation and development achievements of the School of Economics and Management in recent years and expressed the sincerity and vision of establishing in-depth cooperation with ESCP Business School. On behalf of the Office of International Affairs, Prof. ZHANG Bowei expressed support for the cooperation between the two universities and stated that this would be a starting point to expand cooperation with ESCP Business School to the USTB's engineering disciplines.

Group photo

This meeting has built a bridge for cooperation between the two universities. In the future, both sides will continue to promote the implementation of cooperation projects, jointly explore new routes for international education cooperation, and work together to write a new chapter in educational development.

About ESCP Business School:

Founded in 1819, ESCP Business School is the world's first business school. Headquartered in Paris, France, it has campuses in Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Turin, and Warsaw. As one of France's "Top Three Parisian Business Schools" (French: trois Parisiennes), together with HEC Paris and ESSEC Business School. It holds triple attestation from AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA, an honor awarded to only 1% of business schools globally. Recognized as a top European business school, it ranked 4th in Europe in 2023 according to  the Financial Times rankings. Specifically, its flagship Master in Management (MiM) program ranked 4th worldwide in 2024, MBA program ranked 25th worldwide in 2024, EMBA program ranked 3rd worldwide in 2023, and Master in Finance (MiF) program ranked 1^st worldwide in 2024.

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