June 19, Liya, representative from Istituto Europeo di Design,visited our college to discuss the cooperation of projects. Dean of Overseas Education College and International College Zheng Tongtao, project secretaryChen Jianru, and Chief of the Overseas Education College Admissions teacher Jiang Yuta participated in the talks.

Liya said that she was once a student of Overseas Education College, Xiamen University, and she had very deep feelings to the college, andshe also liked to take this opportunity to promote cooperation between Italy and Xiamen University. Dean Zheng Tongtao highly appreciated the leading role of Italian Universities in the field of design, and described the cooperated projects of Xiamen University in Italy in recent years and expressed great interest in thejointly developed curriculumforIstituto Europeo di Design.

Liya said that the cooperation model of Istituto Europeo di Designwas very flexible, which was able to provide personalized teaching in small classes for students. Meanwhile, she hopedshe would visit our college again in September with her colleagues to discuss details of cooperation. Dean Zheng Tongtao showed his great welcome and also expected further cooperationin student exchanges between Overseas Education College andIstituto Europeo di Design.

According to information, as Europe's largest private School of Design, Istituto Europeo di Design has a long history and high international reputation. From the beginning of 1966 in Milan school, college Rome, Turin, Madrid, Barcelona, Sao Paulo and Venice have also established campuses. In 2008, the Florence project started and a creative center was set up. Depending on the curriculum, the school is divided into four colleges, namely the School of Design, Clothing, Arts and Media College. There are refresher courses, undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by the school, with approximately 12,000 students.