To expand the international view of students and improve their international communication competence, in the winter vacation of 2018, Chongqing University sent a total of 107 students selected from various channels to partner colleges and universities in America, Europe, Oceania and Asia for learning and exchange. Those students were able to experience international classroom teaching with students of the same age from various parts of the world. In the process, CQU students abided by the laws and regulations of the foreign countries and observed the disciplines and policies of the universities and colleges. In addition, they were highly concentrated in class, and exhibited considerable teamwork capacity and fully demonstrated the fine comprehensive quality and inspiring spirituality of Chongqing University students.

The Global Vision Program XIII “Discovering Australia – 2018 Winter Camp” was held from January 20 to February 2, 2018. Forty students from various programs of Chongqing University were sent to the University of Sydney, the 50^th university among the QS ranking, for course learning. In addition, the students also visited some reputable colleges and universities and enterprises and classic buildings and museums, and also participated in cultural experience activities, and learned knowledge of globalization, leadership, education system of Australia and culture of Australia . Classic buildings and museums visited include the Australian Museum and Sidney Opera House. Students were also given the opportunity to practice and study at enterprises such as Australia & New Zealand banking. Apart from the above activities, students paid a visit to the University of Melbourne. The Winter Camp lasted 14 days. In this process, students gained an in-depth understanding of the education concept and teaching mode of Australia , and experienced the unique charm of this foreign country. One of the students wrote after the Winter Camp ended that: “The learning experience at the University of Sydney allowed me to be able to appreciate the team spirit and quality of a team. Despite the tasks requiring teamwork that I have participated in for my first semester of the freshman year, I was then unable to appreciate the difference between a team and an individual and there were not many tasks like that. I hope that the University and the School would give me more opportunities to participate in such tasks. More importantly, I hope to be able to build a team on my own to feel the power of teamwork.” Global Vision Program is a traditional program quite popular among CQU students and it is the 13^th session this year. It includes selecting students from different programs and sending them abroad for learning and exchange in winter vacation and summer vacation. The Program also includes visit to museums and well-known enterprises, and experiencing the culture of the foreign countries. By now, destinations of the Global Vision Program include the USA , the UK , Japan , Australia and some EU countries. Chongqing University is planning to add new destinations to the Program to the existing hot destinations.

To develop more exchange channels for students, and meet the need for international cultivation of students, the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange offered the deliberately selected top-grade winter course programs held by reputable universities and colleges abroad to students. All those programs are included in the Global Bridge series and offered to all students of CQU. For Global Bridge, 41 students were selected and sent respectively to Korea University, Kyung Hee University, Hanyang University, Chung-ang University and UCAM University in winter vacation. Students sent to Korea studied the history, culture and economy courses of Korea , and personally experienced culture that is popular among the young people such as K-POP that has made a sensation all over the world. In their spare time, the universities organized for them to visit some of the historical sites of Korea to experience the traditions and culture of the country. In particular, the students were quite impressed by the experience of dressing in hanbok. A total of 23 CQU students were sent to the beautiful Murcia Campus of UCAM University to take classes, visit scenic spots and experience their culture. The students also systematically studied Spanish speaking, listening, reading and writing, and experienced the traditional Flamenco and SASA dance courses. Students also watched the video about Reyes de Magos, a traditional festival of Spain , and visited scenic spots and historical sites of Cartagena and Murcia , and gained a deep understanding of the history of Spain . The schedule was a busy and fruitful one. Students were amazed by the vastness of the world, and gained more knowledge and thoughts of exchange and fusion among different cultures.

In 2018 winter vacation, 26 students were sent abroad by third party partner organizations to participate in exchange programs. In particular, 12 students participated in the Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Leadership Development Program (EILDP); 2 students participated in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Visit & Learning Program; 1 student participated in the University of California, Berkeley Spring Exchange Program; 1 student participated in Oxford Education Experiencing Program; 1 student participated in the University of Cambridge Visit & Learning Program; 1 student participated in the 2018 Japan Visit & Learning Winter Scholarship Program; 4 students participated in the University of Singapore Program; and 4 participated in the Winter Experiencing Camp Program of Micro Study Tour, University of Excel, Manchester. Take the Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Leadership Development Program (EILDP) for example. The Program lasted 4 weeks, and the class hours in each week were 20 to 25. The curriculum contained 6 major parts: innovation and entrepreneurship and technology, leadership, effective communication of entrepreneurs, cutting-edge lecture, field visit to innovating enterprises and the team “innovation and entrepreneurship competition”. A total of 12 outstanding students were jointly selected by the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, the Employment Center and the Teaching Affairs Office to form the CQU delegation, and sent to the University of Pennsylvania to study and practice. Those students showed the high quality and excellent basic skills that are inherent to CQU students and won honor for the University.

To encourage students to participate in the foreign (oversea) exchange and learning programs, expand the foreign (oversea) exchange scale, and improve the internationalization level of Chongqing University, the University has founded a special fund for international exchange scholarship. In addition, the University has developed the Management Measures for Special Funding for International Student Exchange Programs of Chongqing University to fund the students who participate in the international exchange programs. The University has also founded the special scholarship for foreign language exams to encourage students to get linguistically prepared for study abroad. It is believed that with the substantial support and guide in terms of encouraging policy and funds offered by the University, the close cooperation and efforts of related departments and active participation of the schools, Chongqing University will make an achievement in international cultivation of students.