In the morning of 23 March, Guo Dongming, the President of Dalian University of Technology, signed an agreement with the President of the University of Leicester, Paul Boyle, in terms of Leicester International Institute in Room 312， main building.
President Guo and the Secretary of DUT Party Branch, Wang Hansong met with President Boyle and his delegation. Prof. Zhongchang Lu, the vice-president of DUT and the Director of the Administrative Committee of Panjin Campus, vice-president Ning Guiling, vice-director of the Administrative Committee of DUT Panjin Campus, He Gaohong, and staff from International Office and General Office, Panjin Campus, attended the meeting.
Afterwards, the Board of Administration (BOA) representatives from both DUT and UoL with responsibility for overseeing the establishment, management, operation and finance of the Institute had the first Board meeting.
President Paul Boyle and his delegation visited entrepreneurship academy, engineering training center, national key laboratory of fine chemicals, accompanied by President Guo and DUT delegation in order to give a in-depth insight towards school innovation on the talents cultivation.
In the morning of 24th , a press release about the cooperative educational institute between UoL and DUT was launched. President Lu and President Boyle gave a speech respectively and both were asked in the Q&A session relating to the institute cooperative running and teaching issues. The vice mayor of Panjin government was invited to attend and answered questions in terms of city internationalization and government support.
