“Looking back, arriving at a school filled with outstanding peers as a fairly ordinary student was both exhilarating and nerve-wracking, at times even painful, yet ultimately deeply rewarding.” With these words, Xiangyu Shen reflects on his studying experience at Duke Kunshan University (DKU). Originally trained in Bioengineering as an undergraduate, Shen has since graduated from DKU’s Master of Science in Global Health program and now works at Innovent Biologics as a Quality Assurance Engineer. His journey, from uncertainty about the future of “biochemistry-related” majors to a clear research direction, mirrors the transformative potential of DKU’s distinctive educational model.

In October 2022, the “World Health Summit” was held in Berlin, the capital of Germany. Two second-year MSc-GH students were invited to attend and received research awards from the WHO. “It is a remarkable achievement that two of our students were selected from such a competitive research award,” said by their research supervisor, Dr. Qian Long, an associate professor of global health at DKU. Dr. Chenkai Wu, the Director of the MSc-GH Program, pointed out that “this also strongly demonstrates the excellent research level of the faculty and student body at Duke Kunshan University.”