To further enhance practical teaching and strengthen cooperation between students and cultural institutions, a delegation from the NWU–Salento School of Cultural Heritage and Arts—including WANG Baohong Secretary of the CPC Party Committee, YANG Lu, Dean, WANG Jianpeng, Deputy Dean, LING Xue, the School’s Coordinator responsible for NWU Courses and WANG Jinghan, Secretary of Teaching Affairs—visited the Shaanxi Academy of Cultural Relics Conservation and the Northwest University Museum on November 19 for enterprise outreach, employment expansion, and discussions on internship arrangements.

At the Shaanxi Academy of Cultural Relics Conservation, the delegation was received by Deputy Director Shao Anding, Director Cai Bo of the Personnel Office, Director Ma Linyan of Conservation & Restoration Department II, Director Li Li of the Department of Technology-based Conservation Research, and Deputy Director Zhang Fang of Conservation & Restoration Department I. Before the meeting, Deputy Director Shao led the delegation on a tour of the Academy’s technology-based conservation division and various restoration laboratories. During the meeting, WANG Baohong expressed gratitude for the Academy’s long-term support. He affirmed the strong performance of students who previously completed internships and expressed hope for continued collaboration. YANG Lu outlined plans for internship management, transportation safety, and interdisciplinary integration. He emphasized the school’s commitment to deepening cross-disciplinary and academy–university cooperation and encouraging more experts to participate in the talent cultivating process. Shao Anding stated that the Academy would fully support the internship work of the school’s students and provided specific guidance and requirements regarding students’ learning, practical training, and safety during their internships.

At the Northwest University Museum, the meeting was attended by Liu Jie, Executive Deputy Director of the Museum; Dong Qiang and Yang Guodong, Deputy Directors; Yao Yuran, Director of the Office; and Zhang Yue, Head of the Collections Department. At the beginning of the discussion, WANG Baohong expressed, on behalf of the School, sincere gratitude for the museum’s long-standing support for various aspects of our work. He introduced the organizational structure and educational mission of the School. YANG Lu reviewed the past professional internships of our students at the Northwest University Museum and expressed appreciation for the museum’s continuous support and cooperation. He expressed the hope of establishing a long-term and positive partnership with the museum. He then introduced the School’s academic programs, the characteristics of its Sino-foreign cooperative education, and its talent-cultivating model, and proposed innovatively integrating this year’s graduation thesis supervision with the professional internship program. Liu Jie extended a warm welcome to the delegation and affirmed the overall performance of the School’s previous interns. He noted that the Northwest University Museum warmly welcomes students from the School to conduct internships and practical training. All departments of the museum will actively cooperate to ensure the smooth progress of internship arrangements. He also offered guidance for the incoming interns and relevant departments. This visit and discussion resulted in multiple cooperative consensuses between the two units regarding the development of internship and practical-training programs, the joint supervision of graduation theses, and other collaborative initiatives, further deepening museum-university cooperation.