The head of the University of Science and Technology said the institution must share the blame for the death of a research student who hanged himself in the dormitory last Saturday.
Paul Chu Ching-Wu met about 250 students and staff yesterday to counsel them after the suicide of Ge Weiwei, 27, from Suzhou, in Jiangsu province.
'Everybody is responsible for it,' he said. 'Teachers, management, classmates all have a share of responsibility in this incident. If we had noticed this earlier, it might not have happened.'
It is believed that Ge was suffering depression and had visited the university's counselling service centre.
Professor Chu said the university would set up a committee to look into the matter.
A good friend of the dead student who did not want to reveal his name said Ge had been unhappy since switching from a PhD to a master's programme in September.