On September 8^th, 2016, the welcome ceremony for new international exchange students of SEM is held at the 3rd floor Lecturing Hall of Tongji Building Block A. Prof. CHEN Shouming, Deputy Dean of SEM presents at the ceremony to deliver a welcome speech and brief on SEM’s mission and vision, and the development and achievement of SEM over the past 30 years. He wishes that the foreign students can make some achievements during the exchange semester. Team of International Cooperation Office, SEM elaborates in detail on the visa registration, academic affairs regulations, and campus life. A campus tour is guided for all the new students to better know the surrounding areas. As mid-autumn festival is approaching, International Cooperation Office shares with the students different kinds of moon cakes and introduces Chinese traditional festival. In the afternoon, a city tour is organized by International Cooperation Office to visit Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center and Shanghai Museum to learn about Chinese culture and history.

This week is the orientation week for the international students. Besides the campus tour and city tour organized by SEM, Buddy Program is created to bridge the communication between Chinese students and foreign students by various interactive activities. These will help them to accommodate themselves more quickly into the local life and study and to know more about Chinese Culture.

Currently there are 147 new International Students registered in SEM this semester from 24 countries and regions. And they are from 54 universities around the world. Among them 4 are Bachelor Dual-Degree students, 23 Master Dual-Degree students and 120 non-degree exchange students. Besides, there are also 8 international students registered before this semester continuing to study here in SEM.

Recent years, Tongji SEM has successfully acquired the accreditation of AMBA, EQUIS or AACSB, the so-called Three-Crown authoritative accreditations for business schools, which is a great step on SEM internationalization process. Increasingly new international students choose to exchange to Tongji SEM, who explores more and more foreign partners. In order to meet the requirements of incoming international students, Tongji SEM is devoted to develop more English-taught courses and faculty with international background.