The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) welcomed over 80 delegates from 49 top universities across 20 countries and regions for the university's 8th International Partner Day (IPD) on November 5.

IPD is an annual symbol of CUHK-Shenzhen's "Study Abroad Season," attracting excellent universities worldwide, including Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, Thu University of Chicago, The University of British Columbia, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Bristol, The University of Warwick, Bocconi University, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, The University of Melbourne, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Auckland, and many others.

Vice President, Professor ZHU Shiping's opening address painted a vivid portrait of CUHK-Shenzhen’s remarkable 11-year achievement. CUHK-Shenzhen has developed into 8 schools, 1 graduate school, and 8 colleges with a holistic education system. The student population has exceeded 12,000, with international students accounting for more than 10% of the undergraduate cohort. The School of Music has been officially applied into use, while a new medical school campus is slated for 2026 completion. Globally, the University has forged partnerships with 161 prestigious institutions across 37 countries, launching 282 diverse collaborative programs. The Office of Academic Links (OAL) then presented a systematic overview of exchange programs and support infrastructure.

IPD reached its peak in the award ceremony of 2025 Go Global Like a Local: Video and Photo Contest. The contest, now in its fourth year, encourages outbound students, international undergraduates, and exchange students to share their global adventures through the lens. This year, it attracted 256 submissions from 109 participants. Vice President ZHU presented top honours to WANG Peng (SHAW, SDS) for photography and DAI Jintao (LING, SME) for videography, earning thunderous applause for their creative visual storytelling.

At the sharing session, CUHK-Shenzhen's WANG Yahe (LING, SME), QIAO Yuhe (SHAW, SME), and DAI Jintao (LING, SME), recalled their exchange memories at Nanyang Technological University, University of California, Berkeley, and HEC Lausanne, respectively. Inbound exchange students Hannah Fennel from The University of British Columbia, August Vigild-Nilsson from Copenhagen Business School, and Ryuichi Minami from Waseda University then recounted their exchange experience at CUHK-Shenzhen.

After the opening ceremony, international delegates engaged in further discussions with faculty from CUHK-Shenzhen — School of Management and Economics, School of Science and Engineering, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Data Science, School of Medicine, School of Music, School of Public Policy, and School of Artificial Intelligence — to explore deeper collaborative horizons.

During the campus tour, delegates visited Dilligentia College and Minerva College, experiencing firsthand the distinctive “college system” model of the University.

The National Flag Corridor transformed into a bustling international bazaar at 4:30 pm, with consultation booths drawing nearly 2,000 enthusiastic students eager to connect with international representatives, who had travelled to Shenzhen from all around the world.

To further familiarise the representatives with Shenzhen and experience the charm of this “City of Technology”, the University also organised visits to Tencent Global Headquarters and the iconic Ping An Finance Centre.