On July 23rd, the graduation ceremony of Joint Msc. Program on International Transport and Logistics Intake VI was held grandly at Shanghai Chunda Wanli Hotel. SMU, together with World Maritime University (WMU) held this ceremony. There were 30 graduates this year, which included 2 foreign students. Prof. Bj?rn Kjerfve, WMU President and Prof. Yu Shicheng, SMU President attended the ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Prof. Shi Xin, the Dean of SMU Transport College.
Prof. Yu Shicheng and Prof. Bj?rn Kjerfve each gave a speech to extend their congratulations to the graduates. They both believed that the program of ILT in International Transport and Logistics had yielded substantial results. With the opening of World Maritime University Shanghai Office, the two universities would strengthen their cooperation in maritime education and scientific research on the basis of this program.
This program was opened in 2005, which has cultivated more than 200 high level talents in the fields of transport and logistics. Apart from Chinese students, this program has attracted foreign students from Greek, Turkey, America, and India. Etc.