Chinese universities provide help to set up Pak-China University
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Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Pakistan
Sector
Education (Code: 110)
Flow type
Free-standing technical assistance
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On August 31, 2007, Pakistan and China signed an agreement to set up Pak-China University (PCU) of Engineering Science and Technology (S&T) with an estimated cost of Rs 30 billion. The MoU was signed by Dr Jiang Feng on behalf of the Ministry of Education, China and Dr S. Sohail H. Naqvi, Executive Director of Higher Education Commission on behalf of the Pakistani government. May 9 2008 7 Chinese universities including Qinghua University, Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong Universities, Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, North China University of Electric Power University, Beijing University of Aeronautic and Astronautic and Beijing Institute of Technology formed the Consortium of Chinese Universities (CCU) to provide trainings for the teachers and help with the construction of schools.
Additional details
Unsure whether China has funded this project.
Number of official sources
2
Number of total sources
11
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Pakistan [Government Agency]