The Master of Nursing Program in Tunisia of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

In order to further deepen the educational exchange between Zhejiang Chinese Medical University and the countries along the "Belt and Road", promote the international education construction process of the university, and drive the mature and high-quality professional education resources, with the assistance of the Sino-North Africa Education Innovation Association, the Master of Nursing Program of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University in Tunisia was held at 16:00 on April 17, 2023. The ceremony was held in the form of a live online broadcast and was hosted by Dong Minhua, Vice President of the College of International Education of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University.

The representative of the Tunisian side attending this ceremony was Prof. Wafa Chudi, Dean of Centrale University of Tunis Medical School. The representatives of the Chinese side were Dong Minhua, Wan Duo and Zhou Yunxian, Vice Dean of School of International Education of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University,Zhang Yao, Director of Textbook Office of School of Nursing of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Chen Ye, Director of Teaching Department of School of International Education of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Director of Admissions and Students Section of School of International Education of School of International Education of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University . Wu Kananan, and Chen Xiaoqian, Director of International Graduate Program, College of International Education, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. At the same time, the management and staff of Sino-North Africa Education Innovation Association were online throughout the ceremony to ensure that the ceremony could be carried out smoothly.

The ceremony started with a welcome speech by Dong Minhua, Vice Dean of School of International Education, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. On behalf of the university, Mr. Dong Minhua welcomed and thanked the leaders and students from both sides who participated in this Master of Nursing Program in Tunisia of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University.

After that, Professor Wafa Troudi, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Centrale University of Tunis, delivered a speech for the Master of Nursing Program in Tunisia of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. She expressed her gratitude to the Chinese side for providing such a high quality Master of Nursing study program. Under the framework of the Belt and Road cooperation, peace, friendship and cooperation between China and Tunisia are the trend of the people and the future of friendship between China and Tunisia is expected in education and the young generation, and encouraged the students to cherish the opportunity, study well, integrate the Chinese and Western concepts in the field of nursing, and achieve excellent learning results.

At the end of the ceremony, Zhou Yunxian, Vice Dean of the School of Nursing of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, gave a welcome speech, welcoming and encouraging the students and saying that Zhejiang Chinese Medical University will actively respond to the national "One Belt, One Road" initiative and contribute to the further promotion of the international education construction process and the promotion and export of quality professional education standards.

Finally, in the presence of teachers and students, the opening ceremony of the Master of Nursing Program in Tunisia of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University was successfully concluded, and students then entered into the first lesson of the school, which was delivered by Wan Du, Vice President of School of International Education of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University.

Zhejiang Chinese Medical University will export the educational resources and teaching contents of University to Tunisia with high quality, high level and high standard through the master's degree program with Chinese medicine characteristics, realize the localized cultivation of relevant talents in Tunisia, cooperate and promote the educational exchange and cooperation between China and Tunisia in the field of Chinese medicine, and further promote the people-to-people contact and friendship development between the two countries.

The Master of Nursing Program of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University in Tunisia is the standard of "localization of international education and promotion of internationalization of local education" actively practiced by the Sino-North Africa Education Innovation Association based on the internationalization principle of "Bringing in and Going out". The Association sincerely invites domestic institutions of higher education to join hands with each other to explore new ways for Chinese education to "go out" under the new mode of "discussing, building, researching, sharing and winning together", and to jointly promote cooperation in the field of education between North Africa and Central countries.