笔辞蝉迟罢颈尘别：5/3/2017
Today, a report on GTIIT 2017 admission information?was published on?Nanfang Daily, one of the most popular newspapers in China--?
On May 1st, Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology(GTIIT), the first Sino-foreign polytechnic university in China, has released the latest news on admission information for undergraduates. In the first year of enrollment, GTIIT will start 3 undergraduate programs and enroll 240 students from mainland China, 150 of the quota would be students from Guangdong Province. The college applicants would be selected in the Batch Admission in Advance for key universities. No interviews are required.
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The establishment of GTIIT has been approved by the Ministry of Education in December, 2016. With an independent legal personality, GTIIT is the first Sino-foreign polytechnic university introducing higher educational resources from Israel. Li Jiange, the prestigious economist, and Aaron Ciechanover, the 2004 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, are the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor respectively.
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In accordance with the plan, GTIIT will start three undergraduate programs, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Food Engineering, and Materials Engineering. Each program will enroll 100 students. For students from mainland China, GTIIT will enroll qualified students according to their performance in the College Entrance Exam (Gaokao). "Students performing better in integrated test in science with English score higher than 120 will give priority when they share the same overall scores with each other." said the director of Student Recruitment Department of GTIIT.
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The tuition fee will be 95,000 RMB per year and accommodation will be 1,200 RMB per year. There are three ranking of scholarships: the highest is 100,000 per year, following by 75,000 per year and 50,000 per year. 50% of the college applicants will receive the scholarship. In addition, GTIIT also offers 50,000 subsidiaries to students who have difficulty in affording their tuition fee. Graduates will receive GTIIT graduation certificate, diploma and Technion diploma.
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The official from GTIIT said, courses in GTIIT will be delivered in English, 60% of the teachers are sent by the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, the rest will be recruited worldwide in line with the standards of Technion. So far, recruitment of professors for the first-year teaching is finished.?
GTIIT Pro-Vice Chancellor Moshe Marom:
Transplanting innovative spirit of Israel to Guangdong
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Nanfang Daily: Since the establishment of GTIIT, it has gained extensive attention from the society. It is regarded as an important educational cooperation between China and Israel. What features do this institute have?
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Moshe Marom: We are dedicated to establishing GTIIT as a research university with excellent abilities of education, scientific research and innovation recognized by the world. We will conduct educational and teaching innovation and cultivate excellent engineers and scientists with innovative ability, global vision and humanity.
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Talking about features, I think GTIIT is a unique university. First of all, it is not a comprehensive university. There is no school of arts and science, no law school and even no business school. We focus on cultivating world-leading engineers and technicians. Second, GTIIT is a cooperative program between Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Shantou University. Technion is a top university in the world, which will bring great help to the development of GTIIT; Shantou University advocates liberal education, which has complementary advantages. In addition, GTIIT is located in Shantou that is a city with big changes and great potential.
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Nanfang Daily: What kinds of educational breakthrough will have in GTIIT?
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Moshe Marom: We respect the cultural tradition and educational wisdom lasting over one thousand years in China. In today’s innovation-driven society that changes constantly, We hope that GTIIT will bring different educational philosophy and methods and encourage college students in China to be brave in making mistakes, thinking out of the conventional box to innovate and create. You know, the spirit of focusing on innovation has been integrated in the blood of Israelis. Now we hope that we can bring this kind of creative thinking to Guangdong and integrate it in the educational model of GTIIT.
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We plan to work hard on the fields of engineering, science and life science. We have considered the requirements of globalization and development of industrialization. Also, These fields are closely related to the dominant disciplines of Technion. We will focus on innovation and exploration in environment, new clean energy and human health.
Nanfang Daily: How does GTIIT cultivate student's innovation ability?
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Moshe Marom: Currently, we are working hard in the construction of GTIIT North Campus. We are also planning South Campus which is five times larger than the area of North Campus. In South Campus, there will be an incubation center with a purpose to help researchers and students to set up laboratories and achieve industrialization gradually. That is to say, students can conduct innovative research as much as they like. They should have adequate facilities in teaching? laboratories and later in incubators.
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Besides innovative research, GTIIT also pay attention to internship. "Sino-Israel Innovation and Industrial Park" will be set up besides South Campus to attract high-tech startups and industry groups to settle down here. This will provide opportunities for students to get in touch with real high technology. Through their internship here, students will improve their practical abilities and lay solid foundation in their innovative future.
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Nanfang Daily reporter: Yao Yao
Correspondent: Li Min
Translator:? Lan Haiting，Cai Shaotian
