By Li Han

Staff Writer of the Tsinghua News Center

An agreement was signed on September 8 between Tsinghua Univeristy and Grupo Santander, the largest financial institution in the euro zone and eighth largest in the world by market capitalization. Santander will donate 1.5 million U.S. dollars over the next three years to support Tsinghua’s student international education and faculty exchange.

Mr. Emilio Botín, Chairman of Grupo Santander, Tsinghua University President Gu Binglin, Ms. He Meiying, Chairman of Tsinghua’s Education Foundation, signed the agreement. They had a discussion prior to the ceremony. Tsinghua Vice President Xie Weihe, Mr. Javier Uceda-Antolin, President of The Technical University of Madrid (UPM), and Director of Instituto Cervantes in Beijing Inma González, also attended the talk.

(Photo by Guo Haijun)