News & Events

The first class of IMPA students accomplished their oral defense

The first class of IMPA students defended their theses on August 19th, 2009. The 35 students of the Class of 2008 come from seventeen countries across Africa and Asia. Prior to enrolling in the one-year IMPA degree program, which is taught entirely in English, many have held positions in their ...

Joint Round Table Conference between SPPM and KDI School Came to a Successful Conclusion

On 30-31 July, SPPM and the Korean Development Institute (KDI) School of Public Policy and Management successfully held a joint round table discussion for senior government officials. A delegation of 26 South Korean government officials from 19 ministries and KDI School faculty and staff members ...

Professor Wang Ming attended China-Africa Co-operation Forum and made keynote speech

July 24, 2009, Professor Wang Ming of our college attended on invitation by Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries sponsored "China-Africa Co-operation Forum: China-Africa Non government friendly organization meeting", and he was the development of Chinese social organ...

SPPM receives MacArthur Foundation support to launch new training program in sustainable development

Tsinghua University along with other nine universities from eight countries will receive $ 7.6 million USD from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to launch a new global masters program. The program, named Master's in Development Practice (MDP), is initiated by the MacArthur Founda...

Class of 2008 MID students completes social practice in Qinghai province

A group of international students from the Master of International Development (MID) program at SPPM completed their social practice in Qinghai province from 13-18 June. The group of 12 students from nine different countries investigated China's cultural industry, ethnic minorities and rural deve...

Dialogue with George Soros

On the evening of June 11, nearly 50 students from SPPM participated in an exchange with George Soros at China World Hotel. The meeting was chaired by Professor Cui Zhiyuan and attended by Professors Hu Angang and Yu Qiao. Mr Soros talked to the group about his new book and shared with students h...