YNU students participate in Asian online summer camp

Yunnan University (YNU), Mahidol University in Thailand, Kyoto University in Japan, and University of Gadjah Mada in Indonesia launched the "Wisdom of Asia" online summer camp for students on Aug 2 to promote cultural exchanges among Asian universities and provide a platform for young students to learn together.

A total of 42 students from the four universities participated in the summer camp, including 12 undergraduates from six schools at Yunnan University.

Nopraenue Sajjarax Dhirathiti, vice president of Mahidol University, delivers an opening speech through video link on Aug 2. [Photo/YNU's Office of International Cooperation and Exchange]

Nopraenue Sajjarax Dhirathiti, vice president of Mahidol University, delivered an opening speech and announced the official opening of the online summer camp through video link.

Over the next 12 days, well-known professors from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, and China will adopt interactive teaching in English, focusing on the four nation's cultures, global sustainable development, modern traditional health, and cross-cultural exchanges and sharing new perspectives and ideas with young people.

A promotional video of Yunnan University is played during an online summer camp. [Photo/ YNU's Office of International Cooperation and Exchange]

Through online lectures, virtual cultural experience, and group seminars, students are provided with rich and colorful courses.

During the summer camp, Xiang Rong from the School of Ethnology and Sociology at YNU will also cooperate with teachers from different fields, such as intangible cultural heritage, modern medical technology, organization management, and social design to teach students about topics such as tradition and modernity, sustainable development, and social innovation.

Students participate in a course during the online summer camp. [Photo/ YNU's Office of International Cooperation and Exchange]