27 May, 2020 saw the University of Leeds’s prestigious Partnership Awards move online for the first time in an online ceremony presented via Twitter. The School of the Year went to SWJTU-Joint School, a collaboration between the Southwest Jiaotong University and the University of Leeds.

Tom Ward, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Education) of the University of Leeds, announced at the online Partnership Awards ceremony on May 27 that the School of the Year of 2020 went to SWJTU-Leeds Joint School.

In the announcement Tom Ward said, “The partnership judging panel has made an award for the school of the year. This is a category which is not always given, but the awarded has been made to a school based on the exceptional scale and scope of partnership working evident in its 160 nominations, the most of any school in the university. These nominations were for academics, student education services staff, and student representatives across the school. It is clear that partnership working is embedded in this school at every level, and we recognize both collaborative working and the achievements of staff, students, and postgraduate researchers through this award.”

The University of Leeds’s annual Partnership Awards celebrate the achievements of both staff and students who truly put The Leeds Partnership into practice: reflecting in their teaching, projects, and behaviour, the values of The Leeds Partnership that are so essential to the student experience at Leeds. It recognises the achievements, commitments and impact of staff, students and postgraduate researchers (PGRs) here at the University.  

SWJTU-Leeds Joint School, approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education, is a partnership between the University of Leeds and Southwest Jiaotong University to provide high-achieving students in China with the opportunity to benefit from an outstanding education and an exceptional student experience.The Joint School is based at Southwest Jiaotong University’s Xipu campus in the city of Chengdu.

The Joint School offers four degree programmes:

•BSc Computer Science

•BEng Civil Engineering with Transport

•BEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering

•BEng Mechanical Engineering

The four programmes combine the best aspects of the UK and the Chinese education systems, ensuring that when you graduate you will be uniquely qualified to work effectively within industries around the world.

Learn more about the SWJTU-Leeds Joint School