China-Colombia Vocational Education Cooperation: Universidad de Barranquilla Signs MOU with Qingdao Technical College via Sino-German Dongliang
On October 14, under the coordination of Sino-German Dongliang Group, a delegation from Universidad de Barranquilla (IUB), Colombia, visited Qingdao Technical College.
The three parties jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Educational Cooperation, aiming to build a new benchmark for international skilled talent cooperation integrating China-Colombia industry and education.
At the signing ceremony, Arcesio Castro, Rector of Universidad de Barranquilla, Sun Huiyang, Dean of Haier College of Qingdao Technical College, and Xu Ming, Director of the Industry-Education Integration Center of Sino-German Dongliang Group, signed the MOU on behalf of the three sides respectively.
Under the agreement of the memorandum, Qingdao Technical College and Universidad de Barranquilla will carry out regular teacher and student exchange visits and research, share education standards and academic achievements, jointly host academic seminars, skills exhibitions and international skills competitions, and explore pathways for the mutual recognition of academic degrees and professional qualifications. Supported by the educational equipment and industry-education resources of Sino-German Dongliang, the three parties will co-build practical training venues, launch joint training of technical and skilled talents for the Latin American market, and synchronously support overseas study tours, technical lectures, internship and employment matching and other supporting services.
As the executor and service provider of this international skills cooperation, Sino-German Dongliang will take industrial resources as the foundation, continue to give play to its industrial and technical advantages in industry-education integration, effectively connect China’s industrial technologies and industry-education resources with the demands of Colombian universities. It will act as a bridge between Chinese and foreign vocational colleges to promote more substantial cooperation and set up a physical school-enterprise cooperation model in South America.
