On the afternoon of June 1st，2026, President LIU Pan met with John Frampton, Vice president of University of Birmingham, and Ms. ZHENG Yingyi, Director of Chinese Office of University of Birmingham. They held a session on topics regarding Sino-foreign Cooperative Education Programs, collaborative scientific research, international talent nurture, and came to common ground on promoting bilateral strategic partnership.
LIU Pan extended a welcome to the delegation led by Jon Frampton, introduced the university history and general picture of development, and reviewed the cooperation foundation in student collaborative nurture, and scientific research. LIU Pan noted that Beijing Jiaotong University has an advantage in engineering studies with unique features, and is highly aligned and reciprocal with University of Birmingham in strength disciplines, laying a solid foundation for a deep cooperation between the two parties.
John Frampton said he’s very happy with the revisit to Beijing Jiaotong University, and the university highly valued the strategic cooperation with Beijing Jiaotong University. The two parties have a profound cooperation and a long-standing friendship, and have accomplished multiple achievements in two-way faculty and student exchanges, student collaborative nurture, and the establishment of high-level scientific research platform.
During the delegation’s visit, GAO Liang, Vice President of Beijing Jiaotong University hosted a meeting on a thorough discussion in roadmap and planning of cooperative education programs, and major settings. School of Automation and Intelligence, School of Civil Engineering, School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering and School of Electrical Engineering introduced data and facts on behalf of their respective department.
During their stay at the university, the delegation also took a visit to the university museum, multi-purpose gymnasium and some of the practice training platforms and laboratories at schools.
Relevant leaders from The Undergraduate School, Office of Development Planning& Disciplines Building, and Office of International Affairs also participated in the meeting and feature sessions.
Founded in 1900, University of Birmingham is among Red Brick Universities, and is the first civic university bestowed Royal Charter. As a renowned research-led British university and Russel Group member, University of Birmingham inherited the profound academic tradition and innovative spirit, and has greater international influence in engineering, natural sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences. The university’s scientific achievements are remarkable, and teaching faculty impressive. It attached great importance to the integration of discipline straddling, and university-academia-industry collaboration. In 2026 QS world rankings, the university secured a place of 76th, and ranked 11th among the British universities.