2010-04-15 11:08:34

BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- China's Tsinghua University will hold a postgraduates' summer school on construction, which aims to boost exchanges between Chinese and foreign postgraduate students, from June 28 to July 6 in Beijing.

Wu Fan, coordinator of the program, said the program is sponsored by the Department of Construction Management of Tsinghua and has got support from the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction.

The theme of this year's summer school program is "Construction Practices in China: from the Forbidden City to the 2008 Olympic Venues", Wu said.

Postgraduate students from Chinese mainland and their peers from universities including the University of Hong Kong, Pennsylvania State University and University of Melbourne will be joined by famous experts and senior business managers in relevant fields to exchange views, Wu said.

The summer school is one of the postgraduate education innovation programs promoted by the Ministry of Education.

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