On June 8th, 2010, from 8:30 to 11:30, our school held the 2010 session graduation ceremony and foreign university admission notice issuing ceremony in the big lecture hall of the second floor in the main building of Zhangzhou campus to issue the certificates of completion to 145 graduates this year. Yang Dazhou, head of UK higher education program, Ministry of education, China Service Center,Wang Qiaoping, Zhangzhou campus of Xiamen University Party committee secretary, director of the CMC, Liang Weizhong, Zhangzhou district Party committee deputy secretary, Zheng Tongtao, Dean of our college, Huang Jianjun, Geng HU vice president, Yao Yuelin, experimental high school affiliated to Xiamen University President, as well as representatives from such 11 cooperative universities as the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia and so on all attended the ceremony, presided over by our school party secretary Zeng Kunyu.

The graduation ceremony kicked off with the majestic national anthem. Yang Dazhou, head of UK higher education program, first gave a speech. He reviewed the development course of British Higher Education Diploma pre master projects introduced by Chinese overseas service center of the Ministry of Education and the achievement it has achieved. He pointed out, that from the cooperation between Chinese Service Center for Studying Abroad and British Scotland Management Committee to introduce pre master projects to China to the present, experience had proved that, the teaching philosophy taking students as center and oriented by the cultivation of students’ five kinds of ability, the mode of small class teaching and teaching in English and the strict external audit system were of great importance for students to continue undergraduate and master’s study at abroad and adjust to learning and living environment of foreign universities as soon as possible after graduation. After 7 years’ development, excellent college students of the project have emerged in an endless stream, of whom, a group of students were admitted by the top ten universities in the UK, like Cambridge University, Imperial Science and Warwick to continue their master’s study after they had continued their undergraduate’s study in British universities. As an excellent project center, International College has yielded a rich harvest after near 5 years’ effort. For example, with the constant innovation in the construction of teaching staff, curriculum, teaching management and other aspects, our college has cultivated a group of professional teaching talents with good English skills and practical ability and has set up a platform for students’ international development.

Dean Zheng Tongtao introduced the great achievement college has made and the information about the 2010 session graduates in his speech. This year, there are 145 graduates in total in our college, of whom, students of pre master project accounts for 108, Sino-Japanese project 15, University of Southampton art design undergraduate program 12, University of Southampton master of education 9, University of Southampton pre master's program 1. Of the students who participated in the pre master project, 82 of them has been offered admission letters unconditionally at present, 26 of them has decided to work in China. Among students all willing to study abroad, all of them have succeed. The 2008 session students participating in Sino-Japanese would go to Japan for further study in September this year and the 2009 session students in master of education program all succeeded in being admitted to University of Southampton Institute of Education Master curriculum, while of the first session of 12 undergraduates of Art Design of Southampton University, 11 passed foreign interview and English test and the rate of going abroad reached to 91.67%. A student of premaster has got American university’s offer and is dealing with the procedure.

Next, Huang Wei, college representative from University of Glamorgan, made a speech. He said, that this international pre master project could build a solid foundation for students’ future abroad study. He reminded students when they studied abroad, they must improve their English skills furtherly, be integrated into British cultural life and make themselves be a person with international perspective.

Lin Jing, our college teacher representative, shared her feeling during teaching process. She told students going to go abroad to be positive in face of new life. “The most important gain lies not in a foreign degree, but in an open mind and a broad view, and in excellent schoolfellows from all over the world.” She admonished students to experience different cultures more and appreciate the surprise brought by the different thinking collision.

As a parent representative, the father of the 2007 session student Hu Bin, told the voices of many parents and told students that “Never forget the beloved teachers”, “Never forget the school” and “Never forget to struggle”. As a student representative, Yang Zheng, from the 2007 session of international trade major, shared the bits and pieces of the past three years and the bitterness and joy in the study.

Later, leaders attending the ceremony provided certificates of completion for the 2010 session graduates and were photographed as a group. Soon the ceremony ended with the anthem of Xiamen University.

After the ceremony ended, representatives from such 11 cooperative universities as the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia issued admission letters for our college 2007 session graduates participating in the pre master project and answered all kinds of questions about studying abroad. Those who came here to issue admission letters are British University of Hull, Middlesex University, The University of Northampton, Teesside University, University of Salford, Oxford Brookes University, De Montfort University, University of Glamorgan, University of the West of England, the Northeastern University of the United States, University of Tasmania of Australia.

Press report:

Xiamen Daily: “Reading in Xiamen University for Three Years and Then Go Abroad for Degree”

Strait Herald agency:” More Than 100 Students from International College of Xiamen University Are Going Abroad for Further Study”

Xiamen Business Daily:” 145 College Graduates from Xiamen Are Admitted by Foreign Universities Successfully”