On March 26, 2010, the delegation of Newcastle visits SEM, TONGJI University. The delegation includes Prof. Ian Clarke, Director of Newcastle University Business School, Prof. Greg Smith, Chair of International Advisory Board and Mr Tristan Alltimes, Marketing and Alumni Manager. Prof. Jiazhen HUO, Dean of SEM, Prof. Jianwei WU, Vice Dean of SEM, and Prof. Song CHEN, Director of SIMBA Program, met with the guests and signed Memorandum of Agreement between SEM and NUBS. The two parties also explored collaborative possibilities in mutual MBA field trip, postgraduate program collaboration, faculty exchange and joint research, etc. Currently the two schools are exchanging MBA students. 

Newcastle University is one of the Top 20 UK Universities (The Times Good University Guide, 2009).The University is consistently ranked within the top 10 HE institutions within the UK for its investments.