UIC has created a series of campus activities for first-year students to adapt to their new academic life.
New students were arranged to join the Mentor Caring Programme (MCP) and placed in groups of about 10, led by teachers and senior students who acted as mentors and peer mentors introducing campus services to them. Mentors would also organise various events to provide care and counselling, including academic knowledge and experience for them.
UIC's students in MCP
The first-year met UIC's deans and faculty members of the Faculty of Business and Management (FBM), the School of Culture and Creativity (SCC), the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS), the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) and the School of General Education (SGE) on 4 September 2023, who briefed them about their programmes.
UIC's new students meet with deans and teachers
A programme named English Enhancement Programme (EEP) was held by the School of General Education (SGE), starting on 5 September 2023 to practice new students' English skills in listening and speaking.
UIC's new students in EEP
A military training was organised to sharpen their will, strengthen their bodies and cultivate their sense of collective honour.
UIC's new students in military training
Four first-year students were interviewed and said they found themselves quite adaptive to life at UIC.
Yang Hanting enrolled in the broad-based admission in Business and Management said that she learned detailed information through the meeting with deans and faculty members and realised that UIC is very inclusive and hoped to utilise its resources to learn and grow.
Yang Hanting (third from left) in her MCP group
Huang Dingtao enrolled in the broad-based admission in Computer said he found life at UIC was full and colourful. He hoped to join student clubs and broaden his horizons in his future studies.
Huang Dingtao (second from left) participates in an MCP activity
Yuan Dexin is of UIC's Music Performance Programme, and he thought his classmates and teachers were friendly, whose caring and encouraging attitude made him look forward to his future studies and life.
Yuan Dexin (first from left) with classmates at UIC
Liu Zhizhang enrolled in the broad-based admission in Journalism and Communication said he learned more about liberal education through these activities and looked forward to his life at UIC.
Liu Zhizhang (first from left) in an MCP activity
From MPRO
Reporter: Cecilia Yu
Photos provided by Season Li, Covee Wang, Li Bohan, Grace Yu, Kristin Jin, Deng Kaixin, SAO and the interviewees
Editor: Deen He
