Michigan State University (MSU) has a long history of partnering with Chinese higher education, research, and other institutions. MSU is very intentional when it comes to forming international partnerships as the most productive collaborations come from partners with shared values and compatible academic disciplines.
American Universities' China Association The American Universities' China Association (AUCA) is an association of professionals representing American higher education institutions in China. The association is dedicated to promoting educational, academic, and cultural exchanges and partnerships between American and Chinese higher education institutions. Michigan State University is a member of the association.
WeChat: AUCAChina
Website: http://aucachina.com/
Beijing Institute of Graphic CommunicationThe Michigan State University School of Packaging encourages the exchange of faculty, scholars, students, academic information, and materials with the Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication in belief that the research and educational processes at both parties will be enhanced and that mutual understanding between respective faculty, scholars, and students will be increased by the establishment of such exchanges.
Website: https://www.bigc.edu.cn/
Beijing Normal UniversityThe College of Education at MSU and Beijing Normal University have a long-standing partnership, which includes research collaboration and publishing, faculty, scholar, and student exchange, and also holding joint conferences.
Website: https://www.bnu.edu.cn/
Central University of Finance and EconomicsAmerican Semester Program: Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) directly enrolls students into MSU's American Semester Program.
Eli Broad College of Business: MSU's Eli Broad College of Business partners with CUFE to bring students from CUFE's School of Accountancy to participate in MSU's Master's of Accounting program.
Website: http://www.cufe.edu.cn/
China Research Institute for Science PopularizationThe partnership with the China Research Institute for Science Popularization (CRISP) involves knowledge sharing and mutual capacity development around the study of public opinion about science, the measurement of science literacy in public surveys, and broader issues related to public engagement on science and technology topics. This is a general affiliation agreement to establish exchange programs.
Website: http://www.crsp.org.cn/
China University of Political Science and LawThe Law College at MSU and the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange at China University of Political Science and Law have a general agreement to foster international cooperation in education and research.
Contact: Daniel Barnhizer,
Website: http://zjkxyjy.cupl.edu.cn/index.htm
Chongqing Medical University The College of Nursing at MSU and Chongqing Medical University have a general agreement to foster international coorperation in education and research.
Website: http://www.cqmu.edu.cn/
Communication University of ChinaThe College of Communication Arts and Sciences at MSU partners with several Chinese institutions, including the Communication University of China. This partnership includes a credit transfer agreement that graduate students from partnering institutions who are admitted to the Strategic Communication program at MSU may transfer up to 9 credits taken at their home university.
Website: http://en.cuc.edu.cn/
Harbin Institute of TechnologyThe MSU Chinese Language and Culture education abroad program at Harbin Institute of Technology, China, started in 2009 and currently has summer-, semester-, and year-long programs. MSU students can earn credits through these programs.
Website: http://www.hit.edu.cn/
Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) directly enrolls students into MSU's American Semester Program.
Website: http://www.hitsz.edu.cn/index.html
Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences MSU's partnership with the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute seeks to establish a research platform named “Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS-Michigan State University Joint Laboratory of Innate Immunity." Through international collaborations between China and the U.S., this research platform will study viral diseases that infect human and animals.
Website: http://www.hvri.ac.cn/
Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyCollege of Communication Arts and Sciences: The College of Communication Arts and Sciences at MSU partners with several Chinese institutions, including the School of Journalism and Information Communication at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. This partnership includes a credit transfer agreement that graduate students from partnering institutions who are admitted to the Strategic Communication program at MSU may transfer up to 9 credits taken at their home university.
School of Social Work: The School of Social Work (SSW) at MSU and the College of Sociology at Huazhong University of Science and Technology formed a partnership in 2017. The past few years’ collaboration has focused on visiting scholar exchange, training of social work students and faculty in the summer, and research collaboration. SSW has hosted two Chinese scholars, participated in two summer trainings, and yielded multiple publications with collaborators at both institutions.
Website: http://www.hust.edu.cn/
Jiangxi University of Finance and EconomicsThe Office of Migrant Student Services at MSU and the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange at Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics have a memorandum of understanding to foster international cooperation in cultural exchange and immersion programs.
Website: http://www.jxufe.cn//
Jimei University Through MSU’s Visiting International Professional Program (VIPP), Jimei University teachers of foreign languages participated in VIPP’s three-month professional enhancement program. Students from this university participated in VIPP summer school programs.
Website: www.jmu.edu.cn
Jinan UniversityAmerican Semester Program: Jinan University directly enrolls students into MSU's American Semester Program.
College of Communication Arts and Sciences: The College of Communication Arts and Sciences at MSU partners with several Chinese institutions, including the College of Journalism and Communication at Jinan University. This partnership includes a credit transfer agreement that graduate students from partnering institutions who are admitted to the Strategic Communication program at MSU may transfer up to 9 credits taken at their home university.
Website: https://www.jnu.edu.cn/
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of SciencesMichigan State University and Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences have a general agreement to foster international cooperation in education and research.
Website: http://www.kib.ac.cn/
Nanjing Agricultural UniversityMSU has a deep partnership with Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU). This includes the Asia Hub initiative at NAU which is a hub for innovative international partnerships to co-advance science and co-generate knowledge required to address emerging sustainability challenges in Asia. This Asia Hub initiative at NAU includes physical office spaces in Nanjing and a new location in Sanya, for faculty and staff from MSU and its more than 20 regional partner institutions to help coordinate communications and research collaboration efforts. The MSU-NAU partnership also includes faculty and student exchanges and a new, Chinese Ministry of Education-approved Joint Institute model for students to earn dual degrees from NAU and MSU.
Website: http://www.njau.edu.cn/ (NAU)
http://asiaresearchhub.org/ (Asia Hub)
Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyThe College of Engineering at MSU and the College of Computer and Software at the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology have a general agreement to foster international cooperation in education and research.
Website: https://www.nuist.edu.cn/
Nankai University directly enrolls students into
MSU's American Semester Program.
Website: http://nankai.en.school.cucas.cn/
Princeton Education and Technology MSU's Child Development Laboratories in Human Development and Family Studies partners with Princeton Education and Technology (PET) to offer professional development related to early childhood education for PET administrative and teaching staff.
Website: http://princetoneducationgroup.com/
Quanzhou Normal UniversityThe Office of International Collaboration and Exchange of Quanzhou Normal University collaborates with MSU’s Visiting International Professional Program (VIPP). Students from this university participated in VIPP’s summer school programs.
Website: www.jmu.edu.cn
Shanghai Normal University College of Communication Arts and Sciences: The College of Communication Arts and Sciences at MSU partners with several Chinese institutions, including the College of Humanities and Communication at Shanghai Normal University. This partnership includes a credit transfer agreement that graduate students from partnering institutions who are admitted to the Strategic Communication program at MSU may transfer up to 9 credits taken at their home university.
College of Music: The College of Music at MSU and the Music College at Shanghai Normal University have a cooperative educational program that promotes music education, performance excellence, cultural exchange and collaboration in areas of common interest and benefit to both institutions.
College of Social Science: MSU Department of Psychology has partnered with Shanghai Normal University to establish the Shanghai-MSU Research Consortium on Career and Work Psychology. The goal of this consortium is to promote international collaborative research on career and work psychology. Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tongji University, and East China Normal University are additional partners with more universities to join later. The main activities of the Consortium involve an Annual Symposium, which alternates between Shanghai and East Lansing, and the publication of the Chinese Journal of Career and Work Psychology.
Website: http://www.shnu.edu.cn/
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics The MSU Eli Broad College of Business, Department of Accounting partners with Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE) through a general agreement for academic cooperation. This includes exchange of academic and educational materials, possible exchange of students, and assistance in course development and scholarly research. Sets forth terms and conditions pursuant to which students from SUFE's School of Accountancy will be able to participate in MSU’s Master’s of Accounting program.
Website: http://www.sufe.edu.cn/
Southeast UniversityThe Colleges of Human Medicine and Arts and Letters at MSU and the School of Humanities at Southeast University have a memorandum of understanding to foster international cooperation in education and research.
Website: http://www.seu.edu.cn/
Southwest UniversityThe Faculty of Education at Southwest University (SWU) and the College of Education at Michigan State University celebrated 10 years of partnership in 2019. Core activities include receiving SWU scholars each fall, sending MSU graduate and undergraduate student groups for short-term visits to SWU, and exploring opportunities for faculty and research collaboration.
Website: http://www.swu.edu.cn/
University of Science and TechnologyThe University of Science and Technology directly enrolls students into MSU's American Semester Program.
Website: http://www.ustb.edu.cn/
Wuhan University The College of Communication Arts and Sciences at MSU partners with several Chinese institutions, including the School of Journalism and Communication at Wuhan University. This partnership includes a credit transfer agreement that graduate students from partnering institutions who are admitted to the Strategic Communication program at MSU may transfer up to 9 credits taken at their home university.
Website: https://www.whu.edu.cn/
Xi'An Jiaotong UniversityCollege of Natural Science/American Semester Program: This partnership is with the School of Science of Xi'An Jiaotong University (XJTU), one of the C9 elite universities in China. Within the partnership, XJTU delegates one to four students per year who spend one to two semesters enrolled as regular students at MSU. When here, the students participate in the American Semester Program. Aside from physics and mathematics classes, the students take one breadth course and they engage in a research project in physics. At times the project continues remotely after the students leave.
College of Natural Science Contact: Pawel Danielewicz,
American Semester Program Contact: Haley Thompson,
Website: http://www.xjtu.edu.cn/
Zhejiang University College of Communication Arts and Sciences: The College of Communication Arts and Sciences at MSU partners with several Chinese institutions, including the College of Media and International Culture at Zhejiang University (ZJU). This partnership includes a credit transfer agreement that graduate students from partnering institutions who are admitted to the Strategic Communication program at MSU may transfer up to 9 credits taken at their home university.
Office of China Programs: MSU has a memorandum of understanding with ZJU that involves more than 20 MSU graduate programs spanning six colleges. This agreement facilitates a 3+1+X program for ZJU students. Admitted undergraduate students from ZJU come to MSU during their senior year to begin their master's or doctoral studies.
Website: http://www.zju.edu.cn/
February 2023
Crisis Listening Session
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Pandas, Vlogging, and Hanfu:
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Culture, and Society in China
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MSU Asia Hub
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