Prestigious University Opens "Master Lectures"

The prestigious China University of Science and Technology in Hefei of East China's Anhui Province recently set up "master lectures" to attract more first-class scholars and scientists to give lectures to students.

The "master lectures" are named after famous Chinese scientists or noted professors and scholars in Chinese scientific establishment including Hua Luogeng, Yan Jici and Qian Xuesen.

Those who are invited to give master lectures will receive a monthly pay of 15,000 yuan (nearly 2,000 US dollars), about three to four times more than that for an average Chinese professor.

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