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Sichuan University is one of the national key comprehensive universities, located in , the capital city of Sichuan Province, , with a long history and many predecessors, of which the earliest one was founded in 1740 with the origin in BCE 141. It was transformed to be a modern university in 1920s and the name National Sichuan University was adopted in 1931.

Sichuan University (SCU) is one of the national universities directly under the Ministry of Education (MOE). It is also one of the State 211 Project and 985 Project universities enjoying privileged construction in the Ninth Five-Year Planperiod. It is ranked No. 8 among the Chinese universities according to the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities.

The president of the university is Xie Heping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. For more information, please check website below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_University

Program: University Immersion Program (UIP) in Summer 2016 Teaching Time Usually starts on the first Monday of second week of July Time of Usually around October 2015 Application for This information will be updated in October 2015. 2016 summer Result of Expect approval letter is to be issued in April 2016 Application Field SCU is a comprehensive university. All fields are offered except for agriculture. Course Credits n.a. Work Load Teach two courses Qualifications See 2015 Form below Salary See 2015 Form below International travel from USA to China: paid by SCU Domestic travel to arrived at SCU: paid by SCU Accommodation Lodging at University guest house or local hotel arranged by SCU. Costs of living and dining covered by SCU. Contact See 2015 Form below. Please copy to Dr. Chonghua Zhang Email: [email protected] Application See 2015 Form below

For official use only International Office Ref □ □ □ □

Application Form for the 2015 University Immersion Program

(UIP)

Section A. Personal Details Please enter your name exactly as it appears on your passport or other official document. FAMILY NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME(S) TITLE (Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, PHOTO etc.) GENDER MALE □ FEMALE □ DATE OF BIRTH day _ _ month _ _ year _ _ _ _ PASSPORT No. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FIELD Section B. Contact Information ADDRESS

CITY POSTAL/ZIP CODE STATE COUNTRY EMAIL PHONE Section C. Academic Qualifications DATE UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTE DEGREE

Section D. Professional Experience DATE UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTE/COMPANY TITLE

Section E. Course Description COURSE NAME COURSE DESCRIPTION

COURSE NAME COURSE DESCRIPTION

Section F. Checklist of Application Materials Your recent academic CV □ One reference letter from your university or institute □ One scanned copy of your passport info page □ Section G. Additional Requirements  Courses should be given in English. Each course consists of 16 academic hours and each academic hour is 45 minutes.  Sichuan University will review your application and respond before middle of April , 2015. Section H. Subsidies  SCU will provide15,500 RMB for each course（Before taxes）  Local accommodation will be provided by SCU  Your international airfare (economic class) to Chengdu will be covered by SCU

Please email your application materials to: Mr. Liu Tinglin(Tim) Email: [email protected] Tel: 86-28-85406439 International Office Sichuan University No.24, South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu, 610065, P.R.China

UF faculty taught at SCU before: Gerald Murry (2013 and 2014) Craig Smith (2014 and 2015) and about 7 other UF