UMT To Provide Management Training in China

ARLINGTON, Virginia, September 27, 1998 - UMT is working on plans to conduct joint management education and training programs with a number of Chinese institutions.

The university is working on developing programs with three leading Chinese universities: Beijing Polytechnic University, Huazhong University of Science & Technology in Wuhan, and Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an.

UMT President Yanping Chen said the joint efforts will cover a range of education activities. Students at the Chinese universities will take courses in China followed by a residency period at UMT’s campus in Arlington, VA. UMT will send its professors to China to teach and also provide management education training to Chinese professors.

“We're pleased to be working with these three prestigious universities,” Chen said. “These joint programs will benefit education programs in both the United States and China. We will ensure that high educational standards are maintained in this joint program.”

UMT has also concluded a separate agreement with the China Export Bureau Training Center to implement project management education and training programs throughout China.

UMT officials recently completed a trip to China during which a range of cooperative activities were discussed. These activities include Chinese students taking master’s degree courses at UMT, an exchange of scholars, and various project management training initiatives in China.

UMT and Chinese officials will be working on to implement these plans in 1999 and 2000.