Published by: Office of International Relations Edited by: Media Convergence Center

WUST News - The Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Education recently issued its Reply Regarding Applications for Core Changes in Chinese-foreign Cooperatively-run Schools and Programs by Certain Higher Education Institutions, approving an increase in the enrollment quota for the undergraduate Network Engineering program jointly offered by Wuhan University of Science and Technology (WUST) and Birmingham City University. Under the approval, the program enrollment for each session will rise from 100 to 150 students, reflecting full recognition by the Ministry of Education and broad societal confidence in the program’s educational quality, public acceptance, and comprehensive strength.

Since its inception in 2015, the WUST-Birmingham City University Undergraduate Network Engineering program has adhered to the educational philosophy of "complementary strengths, quality first." Through agreement cycles of sustained development, the program has established a mature and comprehensive international training system. By deeply integrating quality educational resources from both institutions, it has established an "international standards + localization" curriculum system. Since its launch, the program has achieved remarkable results in enrollment, with a steady improvement in student quality, increasing admission scores year by year, and continuous optimization of student composition.

The enrollment expansion injects new momentum into the program’s high-quality development. WUST will seize this opportunity to further strengthen the program's intrinsic construction, continuously optimize the curriculum and teaching model, enhance joint faculty development between the two countries, and refine management mechanisms. While expanding enrollment, WUST will rigorously uphold teaching quality standards, raise the program’s international education level and core competitiveness, and cultivate more network engineering talents with cross-cultural communication skills and core industry competencies. These efforts will support WUST's international development and elevate its "Double First-Class" construction to new heights. (Office of International Relations)