09 Nov 2026
Recently, a delegation led by Saeed Ghedayer Al Mansoori, Chair of the Recruitment and Development Committee and Deputy Director of the Strategy and Planning Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), visited ECUST.
Academician Weihong Zhu, Vice President of ECUST, met with the delegation. Other attendees included Xiaopeng Li, Dean of the School of International Education, Ye Tian, Vice Dean of the School of International Education, Xiaoman Shi, Director of the Admissions Office, and Fanfan Wang, Associate Professor of the School of Mathematics.
Zhu extended a warm welcome to Saeed Ghedayer Al Mansoori and the delegation. He introduced the strengths of ECUST in chemistry, chemical engineering, green energy and information science. He noted that ECUST attaches great importance to higher education cooperation with countries in the Middle East and regards the Middle East as a key region in internationalization strategy.
For students from Middle Eastern countries, ECUST has launched the “Rising Stars” Program. So far, ECUST has established stable partnerships with the governments of Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as world-leading enterprises and research institutions. He expressed the hope to deepen cooperation with ADIA in areas such as international talent development.
Later that day, Saeed Ghedayer Al Mansoori and the delegation also visited the Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center and the Seventh Teaching Building.
Founded in 1976, ADIA is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. The ADIA Scholarship Program (ASP) supports outstanding Emirati students in pursuing advanced studies at prestigious universities overseas. Previously, the program only covered Ivy League universities in the United States.
