Project ID: 35616

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

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Pipeline: Pledge (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2007-08-31

Planned start

2007-09-01

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

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Pakistan [Government Agency]