Shanghai. Chancellor of the University of Florence, Luigi Dei and Vice President of Tongji University in Shanghai, Jiang singed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a College dedicated to research and advanced training on intellectual property. The Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property will start the next academic year. The college will offer masters and PhD programmes and will be open to students from all over the world. Teaching and Research staff make up one-third of the student body coming from outside of China. Academic programmes and evaluation systems of activities will be formulated jointly with the University of Florence triggering an exchange of teachers and students with Tongji University.