On January 23, 2024, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) and Kathmandu University (KU) of Nepal was held online. The two sides agreed to establish a long-term and comprehensive partnership, strengthen academic communication and exchange, enhance talent exchange and cooperation and resource sharing, and cooperate to establish a field station of IIAS in Nepal, which will provide a platform for Tsinghua University and its partner organizations to conduct field research and academic activities in South Asia.
At the signing ceremony, Dr. Lei Dingkun, assistant professor of IIAS, introduced the guests from both sides. Prof. Ekku Maya Pun, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts of Kathmandu University, introduced the development of the Faculty and its academic philosophy and looked forward to future cooperation with our institute. Prof. Achyut Wagle, Vice Chancellor of Kathmandu University, and Prof. Uddhab Pyakurel, Director of the International Affairs Division, welcomed the team of the Institute to carry out research work in South Asia and expressed their best wishes for friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides. Prof. Tim Niblock, Director of the Center for Global Issue Studies of IIAS, introduced the construction of the institute's field stations in overseas regions around the world to the guests and expressed his expectation for broader academic exchanges and cooperation with Kathmandu University based on the field station in Nepal in the future. Finally, Prof. Jiang Jingkui, Executive Vice President of IIAS, expressed his gratitude to Kathmandu University for providing a platform for the construction of the field station and looked forward to further promoting cultural exchanges and academic visits between China and Nepal with Kathmandu University based on this platform in the future.
The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the IIAS, Tsinghua University and KU, Nepal.
In August 2023, a delegation from Kathmandu University visited the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) to discuss field station construction and cooperation. Kathmandu University was established in 1991 by an Act of the Nepalese Parliament as an autonomous, non-profit, self-financing public institution. Since its establishment, the university has emphasized rigorous academic research and student training, with seven colleges including humanities, social sciences, engineering, and medicine, and has a flexible mindset with an emphasis on international cooperation, making it the university with the largest number of overseas students in Nepal. Among them, the College of Humanities and Arts offers specialized courses in linguistics, anthropology, political science, public administration, etc., and continues to cultivate outstanding talents for the Nepalese society.
