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Pakistani students make their mark among international scientists

Three students from Pakistan have received international praise for their research on super-massive black holes and...
South Asia
Pakistan
05/04/2018

Young Pakistanis secure silver medal in iGEM, 2017 USA

A team of undergraduate students from Pakistan won silver at the annual genetic engineering competition by Genetically...
South Asia
Pakistan
05/04/2018

Pakistani University to establish international campuses in UAE and Saudi Arabia

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), is a public research university with its main campus in...
South Asia
Pakistan
05/04/2018

International students in China show continued double-digit growth in 2017

China’s Ministry of Education has released details of the number of international students studying in China in 2017....
East Asia
China
02/04/2018

Chinese statistics show outbound student numbers increased by 11.7 per cent in 2017, reaching 608,400

According to an official announcement by China's Ministry of Education, the country's number of outbound international...
East Asia
China
02/04/2018

Chinese universities launch alliance for the development of programmes in foreign languages and literature

Earlier in March 2018, a group of 153 Chinese universities specialising in foreign languages and literature launched...
East Asia
China
30/03/2018

China's Ministry of Science and Technology sets AI research as a major priority for the coming years and stresses commercialisation of new technology

China's Minister of Science and Technology Wen Gang has stated that research into artificial intelligence is an...
East Asia
China
16/03/2018

China to increase efforts to expand pre-school education

Chinese officials have announced plans to quicken the pace of expanding both public and private kindergarten educations...
East Asia
China
15/03/2018

Chinese government restructuring increases the role of Ministry of Science and Technology

One of the changes announced at China’s National People’s Congress in early March has been a restructuring of many of...
East Asia
China
15/03/2018

Sri Lanka: New Minister of Higher Education and Highways appointed

A cabinet re-shuffle was recently conducted at the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat appointing 9 new ministerial...
South Asia
Sri Lanka
14/03/2018

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