On the morning of October 28, Deborah Terry, the President of the University of Queensland (UQ), Li Rongyu, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Global Engagement) of UQ, and Professor Alan Rowan, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, visited Beijing Normal University (BNU). Cheng Jianping, Chairman of the University Council of BNU, met with the delegation.

Cheng Jianping extended a warm welcome to Terry and his delegation. He reviewed the achievements of collaboration between the two universities in areas such as talent cultivation, scientific research, and faculty exchange. He noted that the two comprehensive universities have both inherited a long history and profound academic accumulation and are highly aligned in disciplinary structure and development strategy, which bodes well for extensive cooperation prospects. He expressed his hope that both sides would further deepen exchanges and continuously broaden and deepen their collaborative efforts.

Terry expressed her sincere gratitude for the warm hospitality extended by BNU. She outlined the latest achievements in academic development at UQ and expressed her hope for advancing substantive collaboration between the two institutions in areas such as joint degree programs and the establishment of collaborative research centers.

Subsequently, both sides exchanged views on collaborative research in geriatric health, joint doctoral training programs, establishing a “2+2 program”, and cooperative education initiatives, and reached preliminary agreement on future cooperation mechanisms.

Cheng Jianping and Terry jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding between BNU and UQ on collaborative cross-disciplinary research in geriatric health. Building on this memorandum, both institutions will deepen synergistic innovation and talent exchange, working together to address the challenges of population aging and advance global educational development.