Reviewing the Latest Developments in the Cooperation between the University of Tehran and Yunnan University

During a meeting between Dr. Hamed Vafaei, Acting Director General for International Cooperation at the University of Tehran, and Professor Duan Xingwu, Vice President for International Affairs at Yunnan University, the two sides discussed and reviewed the latest developments in their academic collaboration.

Key topics of discussion included the upcoming meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Confucius Institute at the University of Tehran, the current status of 2+2 program students, the return of Chinese faculty members of the Confucius Institute to Iran following the Zionist regime’s aggression against the country, and the expansion of cooperation between the University of Tehran and Yunnan University in areas such as faculty and student exchanges and research opportunities.

Yunnan University, in addition to its collaboration with the University of Tehran through the Confucius Institute and in the field of flood management, has been identified as one of the key universities in China’s Comprehensive National Education and Research Development Plan to be developed into a world-class university in the fields of biology and ethnology.

This comprehensive Chinese university is also among the top 50 leading universities in China and is recognized and approved by Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology.

According to the mutual understanding reached between the two sides, the University of Tehran and Yunnan University will move forward with plans to launch joint master’s programs in Chinese Language and Literature, Law of International Waterways, and Biological Sciences, which are to be implemented in the near future.