Students in Beijing celebrate new Stevens graduate program
BEIJING, CHINA - Stevens Institute of Technology officials joined Stevens' newest students in Beijing, China, in mid-November to celebrate a Stevens graduate degree program being offered for the first time there.
Stevens Master's of Science in Telecommunications Management is being offered to the Chinese students - partly online and partly in conventional classrooms - at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), one of China's premier engineering universities. The first started classes in November.
Instruction is delivered one-third online by Stevens' faculty, one-third by Chinese instructors in Beijing, and one-third by Stevens faculty in intensive courses in China. Students in Beijing will earn their master's degrees from Stevens.
On hand for the opening ceremonies were Stevens officials Maureen Weatherall, Vice President for University Enrollment and Academic Services, and Robert Ubell, dean for Online Learning and Corporate Development, as well as Stevens Physics Professor Hong-Liang Cui.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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