The history of the development of modern universities is a history of constant change. The times are constantly evolving, and our education and teaching methods need to be updated accordingly. The rapid development of modern technology has changed people’s way of life, study and work, and people have multiple ways to obtain the information they need. Strengthening global cooperation, strengthening collaborative innovation between universities, and building a new model of international cooperation are the scientific roads for higher education to take the initiative to respond to contemporary challenges. In today’s era, with the advent of a new cycle of technological revolution and industrial transformation, universities are once again facing great changes, and the sudden epidemic has accelerated this process. In the post-epidemic era, online education will profoundly change the organizational form of universities; the boundaries of universities will undergo new changes and expansion; teaching, research and management will be iteratively upgraded; and the network must be fully utilized to achieve deep integration of online and offline education, and to reshape the form of education in the “cloud”.

In the fall of 2021, Peking University launched its “Global Open Courses” program, under which selected Peking University offline courses are offered to overseas college students to attend synchronously with their peers at PKU, so that Chinese and foreign students can “gather in the cloud” and learn together.

Peking University would like to increase its collaboration with universities worldwide to build a more inclusive curriculum platform as part of its constant effort to seek better ways to cultivate the younger generation.