Cooperation Discussions with PSU Successfully Carried Out

On the afternoon of September 23, Gingko College held an online meeting with the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism (FHT) at the Prince of Songkla University.  Attendees were Dr. Pornpisanu Promsivapallop, Dean of FHT, Dr. Chayanon Phucharoen, Deputy Dean of FHT, Dr. Tatiyaporn Jarumaneerat, Head of Hospitality Management and Business, Dr. Wei Zhao, President of Gingko, Ms. Liu Lang, Director of the Global Engagement Center, Assoc. Prof. Xu Junyi, Acting Director of the Department of Hotel Management, Assoc. Prof. Jia Rong, Acting Director of the Department of Tourism Management, and related teachers.

During the meeting, the two parties communicated and exchanged ideas about the joint MBA program as well as the BBA 3+2 program. Both universities agreed on further promoting the cooperation of the two programs together. PSU will hold a new round of online program presentations for Gingko College in the future. The two universities also held preliminary discussions on the plan of cross-cultural online activities between the two schools, and reached agreement on the development of online faculty academic exchanges and short-term student exchanges after the pandemic.

The online meeting further deepened the teaching and research exchanges and cooperation between PSU and Gingko, and at a higher level, in the field of hospitality and tourism. The new programs will provide a quality learning and research platform for teachers and students from both universities.

Note: Prince of Songkla University (PSU), founded in 1967, is one of the nine research-oriented national universities in Thailand. With five campuses, 30 faculties, two hospitals, and more than 40 research centers, it is ranked fourth among more than 200 universities in Thailand (Source: ARWU 2019, Shanghai Ranking Consultancy).

Our first collaboration with PSU was the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism (FHT) in Phuket, the first hospitality and tourism faculty to be established in Thailand. The campus is located on the beautiful island of Phuket, one of the world's best places for hospitality and tourism studies.