International News
Posted 16 June 2010
AIT Trip to China Coincides with President McAleese’s State Visit
A delegation from Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) met with President McAleese at the Irish Consulate in Shanghai today.
Professor Ciarán Ó Catháin, President of AIT, and Mary Simpson, Director of International Relations, were in China to meet with partner universities and agents. This was President McAleese’s second state visit to the country.
The AIT team attended a reception, accompanied by representatives from a partner institution, the Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, who visited Athlone in May.
AIT has experienced a significant growth in international student numbers over the past decade, with some 400 students from overseas currently attending the institute. Since the launch of the government’s Asia strategy in 1999, AIT has been active in developing links with universities in China and has partnerships with higher education institutions in Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Nanjing, amongst others.
