“PIEGL is aprogram that has so much to offer for people like me. It is a program right atthe centre of current business global trends of innovation andentrepreneurship. I hope to learn and gain knowledge from the professors andespecially my fellow classmates,” said Jo-Anne Zuze from Zimbabwe, one of theprogram participants on the welcome ceremony.

Jointlydeveloped by ZJU’s International Campus and School of Management, the Programin Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Global Leadership (PIEGL) is a two-yearmaster’s degree program taught in English. It aims to recruit people who areinterested in innovation and entrepreneurship from all over the world, and helpthem “understand the Chinese development story as well as create globalbusiness knowledge together”.

The firstPIEGL cohort, 33 students admitted to the program last year, has not onlyenjoyed opportunities to dialogue with the most influential entrepreneurs andexecutives from famous Chinese companies, but also made great achievementsthemselves as innovative problem-solvers. On Sept. 13, 28 new PIEGL studentsfrom 23 different countries were warmly welcomed on the program openingceremony on Zijingang Campus. Later on Sept. 21, they visited the InternationalCampus in Haining and had a welcome ceremony there.

During thewelcome ceremony, Prof. BEN Shenglin from the School of Management encouragedthe students to actively explore Chinese culture, make time for self-reflectionwhile learning, and build a global platform for innovation and entrepreneurshipcooperation.

Source: School of Management

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