Group photo: Mr. Michelangelo Balicco, UCSC International Operations Manager (Center), Ms. Arianna Malavasi, UCSC China Liaison Representative (2nd, R), Mr. Melvin Weigel, UCSC International Advisor (2nd, L), Director of International Economy & Culture Center of Eastday.com (1st, R) and Jin Sheng, host of the website.

Representatives from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) visited Eastday.com in Shanghai on Oct. 29, 2015 and introduced its enrollment program in China and future development plans.

UCSC is a non-profit private university recognized by Chinese Ministry of Education. It is also the biggest private university in Europe with student population of 41,000, among which more than 2,900 are international students. UCSC offers 18 English-taught programs and over 250 Italian-taught ones.

It is known that the university plans to recruit 20 to 30 Chinese students next year. Mr. Michelangelo Balicco, UCSC International Operations Manager pointed out that they value quality rather than quantity. "We want good Chinese students and put them in the best positions for them", he said.

"We don't want make education business, thus, different from UK and US, UCSC won't charge Chinese students big fees, about 7000 to 8000 euros per year", Mr. Michelangelo added.

The UCSC representatives also introduced the two development plans of the university in China. One is about exchange students. "We have 4 to 5 Chinese partner universities and will select 5 to 20 Chinese undergraduates to exchange in UCSC. The learning period will be about one semester or one year", said Mr. Michelangelo.

The other plan is aimed at graduates. "UCSC has cooperation with lots of companies outside Italy, so we can introduce graduates to have their internship there".

Besides, the UCSC representatives visited Shanghai Caoyang No. 2 High School.

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意大利圣心天主教大学上海行：追求高质量中国生源

        10月29日，意大利圣心天主教大学(UCSC)代表一行4人来到上海东方网参观访问，并介绍了学校在中国的招生与发展计划。

        意大利圣心天主教大学是被中国教育部认可的非营利私立大学，也是欧洲最大的私立大学，现有学生41000人，其中国际学生2900多人。学校有250多个专业以意大利语授课，18个专业英语授课。

        据了解，学校计划明年招收20到30名中国学生。国际处负责人Michelangelo Balicco先生表示，在招生方面他们追求质量而非数量，“我们想要优秀的中国学生，并将这些学生放到最适合他们的位置”。

        “我们不想把教育做得很商业。因此，不同于英国和美国，UCSC对中国学生的收费并不高，每年大约为7000-8000欧”，Michelangelo Balicco先生说。

        此外，Michelangelo Balicco先生也介绍了学校在中国发展的两项计划。一是交换生项目，“我们在中国有4到5个合作院校，将选择5-20位中国本科生来UCSC做交换，学习时间大约是1年或1个学期。”

        另一方面则是针对毕业生的，“UCSC和很多在意大利以外的公司也有合作，可介绍毕业生到相关企业进行实习”。

        代表团此行也走访了上海市曹杨二中。