MTSU in China 2016: Zhejiang University of Science and Technology

HANGZHOU, China — A new agreement between Middle Tennessee State University and a Chinese science university signed in May 2016 allowed President Sidney A. McPhee to renew an old friendship. The pact with Zhejiang University of Science and Technology allows MTSU to begin discussions about student exchanges, joint faculty research and degree programs to help boost international enrollment on the Murfreesboro campus. It also allowed McPhee to catch up with ZUST President Ye Gaoxiang, who led Hangzhou Normal University in 2009 when it helped MTSU create its Confucius Institute. Ye joined ZUST in 2013. McPhee also lectured to ZUST students interested in studying in the U.S. and Ye held a dinner at his residence for the MTSU president.