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Events
FCE Summer School attracts talented
students from around the world
On 20 August 2012, 42 outstanding postgraduate and senior
undergraduate students from 11 countries converged on the
campus of PolyU for the first ever summer school organized
by the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE). With
the aim of attracting well-prepared candidates to explore
postgraduate study opportunities at FCE, the week-long
summer school introduced students to various specialties of the
Faculty, including the laboratory facilities run by each of our 4
departments. Some 60% of the students came from the Chinese
mainland, with the rest coming from other countries including
Australia, Canada, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Singapore,
Spain, UK and USA. They were welcomed to a dinner with Prof.
Jin-Guang Teng and Prof. Xiang-Dong Li, Dean and Associate
Dean (Research) of FCE, the first day of the summer school.
The reminder of the week was filled with seminars on different
topics, from urban planning and management to energy efficient
building technologies to modern positioning technology. Led
by our academics, these seminars gave participating students
a preview of what to expect should they choose to further their
studies with us.
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Competition for our summer school was particularly keen, with
an admission ratio of about 1:10. Only excellent students with a
good command of English were admitted to the Summer School.
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