On the morning of Oct. 12th, James Mitchell, dean of the School of Life Sciences , Flinders University of Australia visited QAU. Prof. president of QAU, met with the visiting guests at the 1st reception room of Academic Hall, and issued the letter of appointment to Prof. James Mitchell and Prof. Graham Charles Mair, a professor of the Institute of Fisheries Cooperation of the same university , both of whom will join the family of visiting professor of QAU.

QAU and Flinders University have friendly cooperative relationship. With many times of consultations, the two sides have further enhanced the consensus to push the co-building of Marine Research Institute and jointly signed the “Memorandum of Cooperation” in November, 2014.

According to the consultation, both sides will carry out cooperation in various respects such as aquatic science research, exchange of teachers and students between the two schools, holding joint aquaculture undergraduate programs etc.. The two sides will altogether play a positive role in the project of China-Australia Aquaculture Technology Research Institute, which will be jointly established by Qingdao Municipal Government and the South Austrial Government of Australia.

Translated by Ding Shuting