中英攜手開新局！寧波諾丁漢大學生命健康學院正式成立

Please scroll down for the English version-UNNC launches School of Health and Life Sciences, marking a new milestone in Sino-UK cooperation.

7月17日，寧波諾丁漢大學生命健康學院成立大會隆重舉行。學院由英國諾丁漢大學與寧波諾丁漢大學聯合共建，并于今年1月英國首相訪華期間重磅宣布，成為中英務實合作的重要組成部分。

學院將對接健康中國戰略，充分發揮中外合作辦學優勢，打通國際前沿技術與國內臨床需求、生物醫藥產業、應用場景的雙向融通通道，構建從基礎研究、技術攻關到產業落地的跨國協同創新生態，推動科研成果從實驗室走向臨床、惠及大眾；并匯聚中外頂尖智慧，打造立足寧波、聯動長三角、服務國家、聯通全球的國際化創新與人才培育平臺，培養下一代醫療健康行業領軍者與創新人才，為中國乃至全球醫療健康事業變革貢獻力量。

寧波市人民政府副市長黃炯，中國科學院院士、寧波諾丁漢大學校長謝心澄，英國醫學科學院院士、英國諾丁漢大學執行校長簡·諾曼（Jane Norman），英國駐上海總領事包邁岫（Matt Burney）出席大會并致辭。大會由寧波諾丁漢大學對外關系副校長邱國平主持。

01.

共話中英合作

各界寄予厚望

大會在莊重而熱烈的氛圍中拉開帷幕。謝心澄校長致歡迎辭，向蒞臨現場的各位領導、嘉賓表示誠摯歡迎與衷心感謝。他指出，生命健康產業是國家戰略性新興產業，學院將緊扣科教融合、產研協同的發展導向，對接寧波建設長三角生命健康產業高地的部署安排，匹配區域生物醫藥、高端醫療裝備、健康服務等產業的人才供給與技術需求，開啟學校服務大健康領域、深耕前沿科研創新的全新征程。

謝心澄校長

簡·諾曼教授代表英國諾丁漢大學致辭。她表示，諾丁漢大學在醫學與健康科學領域擁有頂尖實力與全球聲譽——藥學與藥理學全球第8、生命科學與醫學全球第68，學校將投入核心資源與權威專家，深度參與并全力支持學院的學科建設，聚力打造產學研醫深度融合的全新生態體系。

簡·諾曼教授

“產業要壯大，關鍵在人才，根本在教育。”黃炯副市長高度肯定了寧波諾丁漢大學對地方發展的重要貢獻。他指出，寧波正全力打造上海（長三角）國際科技創新中心關鍵支點城市、建設中國首批新型工業化示范區，生命健康是寧波重點布局的六大戰略性新興產業集群之一，學院成立是寧波補齊生命健康領域高端學科供給與高能級科創平臺短板的關鍵舉措。

他表示，希望學院堅守國際化辦學特色，加速前沿科研成果落地轉化，深度融入中國教育對外開放和健康中國戰略，為區域高質量發展和民生福祉持續貢獻力量。

黃炯副市長

包邁岫總領事表示，生命健康是中英合作中最具務實價值和人文溫度的領域。

他指出，兩國在醫學教育、科研創新、公共衛生等方面優勢互補，合作前景廣闊。新學院的成立，將進一步推動兩國在教學、科研、產業創新上的深度聯動，培養兼具國際視野的健康領域人才，為應對全球性健康挑戰、深化中英雙邊合作貢獻重要力量。

包邁岫總領事

在全場熱烈的掌聲中，與會領導和嘉賓共同為寧波諾丁漢大學生命健康學院揭牌，并舉行了產業合作伙伴簽約儀式和學院戰略發展顧問委員會成員任命儀式。

02.

強強聯手

兩校優勢 “雙向奔赴”

寧波諾丁漢大學副校長兼生命健康學院院長潘諾陽（Panos Vlachopoulos）教授介紹了寧波諾丁漢大學生命健康學院2026-2030發展規劃，系統闡述學院的建設目標、學科布局和發展路徑。

生命健康學院深度融合英國諾丁漢大學在生命健康領域的頂尖科教資源與寧波諾丁漢大學扎根中國、服務本土發展的獨特優勢，聚焦藥學、心理學、生物醫學工程、健康大數據、公共衛生等關鍵領域，布局本、碩、博完整培養體系。

潘諾陽（Panos Vlachopoulos）教授

學院堅持人才強院理念，廣泛吸納三甲醫院、頂尖科研院所及產業界的領軍人才，聚力打造以國際頂尖人才為核心、匯聚行業權威專家的高水平師資隊伍；重點布局生物醫學科學、藥學、心理學、醫療健康大數據等特色學科集群，分階段推進各層級學位點建設，自2026年起有序開展本碩博各學段招生，精準適配行業高端人才需求。

簽約儀式

與此同時，在寧波市教育局高度重視，全市各相關部門協同聯動、專項政策精準賦能的全方位支撐下，學院統籌布局全鏈條科創載體，規劃設立國際博士創新中心、產業發展研究院及一批校企共建國際聯合實驗室、校院共建臨床研究平臺，并設立專項科創基金；聚焦科研創新與產業協同，聯動長三角高校、科研院所、行業龍頭企業及市屬三甲醫院，圍繞臨床實踐、藥物研發、合成生物學、醫療器械開展深度務實合作，推進人才互聘、資源共享與聯合攻關，加速前沿生命健康技術落地轉化，賦能區域生命健康產業提質升級，全面構建“學科建設、人才培養、科研創新、成果轉化”四位一體高質量發展格局，打造跨區域、國際化高層次人才培養與科技創新平臺。

喬納森·加里波第（Jon Garibaldi）教授

“我們這個時代面臨的重大健康挑戰，不受國界、學科或機構的局限。應對這些挑戰，我們需要全新的思路——融合國際頂尖專業力量與本土實際需求，以嚴謹科研創造現實價值。”

寧波諾丁漢大學執行校長喬納森·加里波第（Jon Garibaldi）教授在閉幕致辭中表示，這正是新學院的核心使命：堅守“世界智慧，中國方案”辦學實踐，聯通英國科研優勢與中國健康發展重點，讓全球智慧服務本土需求，培育兼具跨學科思維、專業深度與社會擔當的復合型人才，賦能長三角及全國生命健康產業高質量發展。

多位院士專家、駐華外交代表、行業領導發表主旨分享，聚焦中英醫療合作、產業發展趨勢，共探生命健康領域前沿機遇與創新路徑。

英國諾丁漢大學副校長Zoe Wilson教授，生命科學學院院長Clive Roberts教授，藥學院院長Barrie Kellam教授，寧波市、區兩級相關職能部門代表，寧波諾丁漢大學主要校領導以及醫療、產業、科研、媒體領域各界嘉賓到場，共同見證這一重要時刻。

UNNC launches School of Health and Life Sciences, marking a new milestone in Sino-UK cooperation

On 17 July, the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) officially launched its new School of Health and Life Sciences. Jointly established by the University of Nottingham (UoN) and UNNC, the school was announced during the UK Prime Minister’s visit to China in January this year, marking a key milestone in practical Sino-UK collaboration.

Aligned with the Healthy China Initiative, the school focuses on key areas such as pharmacy, psychology, biomedical engineering, health big data, and public health. It will serve as a hub for talent development for the next generation of leaders and innovators, and as an international innovation ecosystem spanning basic research, technological innovation, and commercialisation, transforming the medical and health industry in China and beyond.

By 2028, the school will have built a teaching and research team centred on internationally leading scholars and experts, with full-time enrolment across undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programmes.

A shared vision for Sino-UK cooperation

Professor Xincheng Xie, President of UNNC and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) noted in his welcome speech that the life and health sector is a strategic emerging industry, and that the new school will closely align with China’s development priorities during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, integrate Sino-foreign cooperative education, research, and industry, and support Ningbo’s ambition to become a hub for the development of health services, biomedicine, and high-end medical devices in the Yangtze River Delta.

Professor Jane Norman, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, said that the establishment of the school is closely aligned with the life sciences development strategies of both the UK and China. She noted that the university has world-leading expertise and a strong global reputation in medicine and health sciences, ranking eighth globally for Pharmacy and Pharmacology and 68th for Life Sciences and Medicine. “The new school will create a new ecosystem in which academia, the health sector, and industry work side by side, bringing together the best expertise from all three,” she said, while affirming the university’s long-term commitment to the school’s success.

“The establishment of the school is a concrete response to a simple reality: the great health challenges of our time do not respect borders, disciplines, or institutions,” Professor Jon Garibaldi, Provost of UNNC said. “To meet them, we need a different approach, one that combines world-class expertise with local relevance, and rigorous research with real-world impact. The new school connects the UK's research strength with China's health priorities, global expertise with local needs. That is what ‘Global Expertise, China Solution’ means in practice. Our students will graduate with interdisciplinary thinking, professional depth, and social responsibility to drive the health and life sciences industry forward, here in the Yangtze River Delta and beyond.”

Jiong Huang, Vice Mayor of the Ningbo Municipal Government, said industrial growth depends on talent, and talent depends on education. He praised UNNC’s contribution to local development, noting that health and life sciences is one of Ningbo’s six strategic emerging industry clusters and a priority area as the city works to become a key pivot city for the Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) International Science and Innovation Centre. He said the new school will serve as a high-calibre science and innovation platform, helping strengthen Ningbo’s high-level academic and innovation capacity, and expressed hope that it will uphold its international character, accelerate research translation, and support regional development and the Healthy China Initiative.

Congratulating UNNC on this important milestone, Matt Burney, British Consul General in Shanghai, said, “Health is one of the most practical and human areas of cooperation between our two countries. When we bring those strengths together carefully and practically, the benefits can be real — for patients, for students, for researchers, and for our wider societies. UNNC has always had a special place in the UK-China education relationship. It can help develop future health leaders, support research with real-world application, and bring UK and Chinese expertise together in areas where both our societies need progress.”

During the launch event, leading academicians, experts, diplomatic representatives, and industry leaders delivered keynote speeches on China-UK healthcare collaboration, industry development trends, and emerging opportunities and innovative pathways in the life and health sciences. Leaders and guests also jointly unveiled the School of Life and Health Sciences, witnessed the signing ceremony with industry partners, and attended the appointment ceremony for members of the school’s Strategic Development Advisory Committee.

Bringing together the strengths of both universities

The newly launched School of Health and Life Sciences brings together the University of Nottingham’s world-leading academic and research resources in life and health sciences with UNNC’s unique strengths as a Sino-foreign cooperative university rooted in China and dedicated to serving local development needs.

According to Professor Panos Vlachopoulos, Vice Provost for Education and Student Experience and Interim Head of the School of Health and Life Sciences, the school is developing a comprehensive array of science and technology innovation platforms, including plans to establish an International Doctoral Innovation Centre, an Industrial Development Institute, a series of university-enterprise joint laboratories, and university-hospital clinical research platforms, complemented by a dedicated sci-tech innovation fund, thanks to strong support from the Ningbo Municipal Education Bureau, close coordination among relevant departments across the city, and targeted policy support.

Focusing on clinical practice, drug development, synthetic biology, and medical devices, the school will collaborate closely with universities, research institutes, leading industry enterprises, and municipal top-tier hospitals across the Yangtze River Delta to advance joint talent appointments, resource sharing, and joint research initiatives.

These efforts will accelerate the translation and application of cutting-edge life and health technologies, support the upgrading of the regional life and health industry, and establish a comprehensive high-quality development ecosystem covering discipline development, talent cultivation, research innovation, and commercialisation. Ultimately, it aims to create a cross-regional, international platform for high-calibre talent development and technological innovation.

The launch ceremony was also attended by Professor Zoe Wilson, Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Science; Professor Clive Roberts, Head of the School of Life Sciences; and Professor Barrie Kellam, Head of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham.

圖文來源：Lucrecia Zhou，Fred Zhang

電子編輯：Suri An

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