German wins senior post at leading Chinese university
( 2003-09-01 09:46) (Agencies)
German Professor Ulrich Stein
Miller has become one of very few foreigners appointed to senior posts at
leading Chinese universities after becoming president of the Foreign Languages
College at the prestigious Zhejiang University, east China.
Prof. Miller was former vice-president of the University of Technology of
Berlin and will serve in his new position for two years at the university, in
Hangzhou, capital of the eastern Zhejiang province, said Pan Yunhe, president of
the university.
Miller would preside over a comprehensive reform of the collegein a full and
free manner, said Pan. The professor was expected within two years to lift
teaching and research levels and the competitiveness of the college, and to
build a high-quality faculty through recruiting both domestic and international
expertsand scholars.
Pan said his university had confidence in Prof. Miller and hoped that his
appointment would raise the foreign languages college to one of the world's
best.
Zhejiang University would give Prof. Miller monthly pay and another 10,000
yuan (approximately 1,200 US dollars) subsidy to cover travel and communications
expenditure in China. The German professor would keep his teachership at the
German university and come to China twice a year to work a total of three months
in the university. He would give instructions via e-mail or phone the rest of
the year, said Pan.
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