Lei Zihan is a year-4 student from UIC's Media Arts and Design (MAD) programme. She has been admitted to MA Fashion Design Management Programme at the University of the Arts London.
If you look at her profile, you will be amazed by the long list of her achievements during the past four years:
Zihan won the First Class Award for three consecutive years and the UIC Student Internship Scholarship. Her list also includes the Mr Fung Sun Kwan Scholarship of Excellence, and the Diamond Award of the Leadership Awards; as for activities, she took part in a game-design competition, interned as a graphic design assistant, and helped teachers in exhibitions and more.
Lei Zihan
Zihan takes every chance to activate as many dimensions as possible of herself at UIC, and the cross-field experiences make her an open-minded all-rounder in the world of art.
In Zihan's opinion, UIC is a college full of art. Every semester, the Division of Culture and Creativity will arrange music concerts, film festivals, design exhibitions, art lectures, etc., allowing creative ideas to clash and new thoughts to spark.
She said that she greatly benefited from UIC Liberal Arts education and internationalisation. The College offers interdisciplinary courses to students broadening their horizons and igniting imagination, and programmes for students to visit top global universities, in which Zihan had visited Bauhaus University and absorbed new art concepts.
Zihan in Bauhaus University, Germany
Based on her previous experiences, Zihan mixed all her reflections into her Final Year Project (FYP). Her FYP work is an art design presented with multimedia installation, illustrating her observation and thoughts on social ageing and raising awareness of the problem.
Lei Zihan presents her work at FYP exhibition
Zihan utilised her four years at UIC fully. Besides working hard on her studies, she had written articles, designed posters and souvenirs for student clubs and joined a student film crew.
Lei Zihan in charge of scene-setting in a filming crew
Zihan said that thanks to using English as the medium of instruction at UIC, it was easier for her to prepare for the language test. She firmly believes that learning and growing at UIC will surely help her blend in with the foreign environment.
Zihan enjoys every moment of new experience
In the future, Zihan will carry on to pursue her dream on the path of art, using design language to express and realise her creativity and thoughts.
From MPRO
Reporter: Li Ruifeng
Photos provided by the interviewee
Editors: Cecilia Yu, Deen He
