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April 18, 2003
Establishment of Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation, Shanghai International Studies University
September 2003
ECooperation agreement signed with United Nations Office at Geneva
October 2003
GIIT Simultaneous Interpretation Teaching and Research Center established with the approval of the Ministry of Education, PRC
February 2004
GIIT approved to offer MA and PhD programs in translation studies
April 2004
Cooperation agreement signed with the United Nations Office at Nairobi
November 2005
Framework Agreement for Cooperation on the Training of Conference Interpreters signed with the European Commission (EC)
November 2005
Ranked by the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) among the 15 top professional conference interpreting schools in the world, the highest ranking for any Asian university
May 2007
Approved by the Ministry of Education to offer MTI programs
August 2008
Cooperation agreement signed with United Nations Office at Vienna
August 2008
Memorandum of Understanding signed between Shanghai International Studies University and the United Nations on the Training of Professionals for the UN and Other Cooperative Issues
2009
Officially listed as one of China¡¯s innovative training centers for multilingual professionals in the 21st century
June 2009
Accession to Conference Internationale d¡¯Instituts Universitaires de Traducteurs et Interpretes (CIUTI) as its 43rd member
October 2010
Listed by the Ministry of Education as a pilot institute for MTI program reform and development
November 2010
Framework agreement for cooperation renewed with the United Nations Headquarters
December 2010
Listed by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission as a pilot incubator for postgraduate educational innovation
December 2010
Cooperation agreement signed with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
April 2011
Present at the 1st UN-MoU Universities Conference jointly organized by the United Nations General Assembly and Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM)
2012
Recognized by AIIC Training Committee as the only institute in Mainland China that offers international conference interpreting programs in full compliance with AIIC criteria
January 2012
Cooperation agreement signed with the European Parliament (EP)
December 2012
Three GIIT internship bases ¨C Shanghai Daily, Huawei Technologies, and GIIT Translation and Internship Center ¨C listed as pilot entities for city-wide reform of professional postgraduate programs by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
April 2013
Hosting the Third UN-MoU University Conference
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