MCC signs MoU with Queen University

Updated on: Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Chennai: Recently, Chennai based Madras Christian College (MCC) signed a partnership agreement with Queen's University Belfast, a member of Russell Group.

This partnership with Queen's University Belfast is MCC's first major partnership agreement with a leading UK university.

As per the agreement Queen's University & MCC will facilitate student exchange programmes and develop learning opportunities in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at both institutions.

Currently four exchange students from Queen's are studying at MCC in the fields of English, Politics, Anthropology and Geography and Paleoecology. The first reciprocal visit to Queen's by students from MCC will take place later this year.

Principal of MCC, Professor Alexander Jesudasan joined Professor John Thompson, Head of Queen's School of English, to sign the new agreement at an event attended by Chris Gibson, the British Council's Director for South India.

Speaking at the event, Professor Thompson said: "Like Madras Christian College, Queen's University Belfast has been home to a vibrant and diverse academic tradition of excellence for many decades. Teaching links between the island of Ireland and Chennai have been ongoing since the arrival of Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Professor Alexander Jesudasan added: "We are delighted with our new academic partnership with Queen's University Belfast and look forward to seeing this relationship flourish in the future."

MCC signs MoU with Queen University

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