On 12th of June, a delegation led by Prof. Scott C. BEARDSLEY, Dean of Darden School of Business visited Tongji SEM. Prof. LI Yuan, Dean of SEM met with the guests. Both parties shared with each other the history of both schools’ development and distinctive features of strength disciplines and explored potential collaborative opportunities in joint research, joint case developing and talents sharing.

The University of Virginia, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the 3^rd President of USA, is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, one of the first 8 Ivy League universities in the US. The Darden School of Business is the graduate business school associated with the University of Virginia Charlottesville, offering MBA, Ph.D. and Executive Education programs. It is ranked by US News and World Report 2^nd in Top Public University in the US and it business school 14^th in Best Business School (graduate) in the US.