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From China to Germany: A visit to H-BRS

Dienstag, 26. April 2022

The deans of of the colleges at Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU) in in the Guangdong province of China visit Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg. The cooperation between the two partners intensifies.

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There are onging collaboration projects in diverse fields with lecturers and students active from both sides. On behalf of Prof. Dr Jürgen Bode, Vice President International Affairs and Diversity, and Dr Yi Wang, Director of the International Office, our guests from China were warmly welcomed by Dr. Zhanlu Ma-Högemeier, Coordinator China Cooperation. Prof. Dr Fanz Raps, Dean of the College of Urban Transportation and Logistics, and Prof. Dr Holger Haldenwang, Dean of the Business School, were visiting H-BRS at Campus Sankt Augustin on 5 April 2022.

The two visitors met and held intense discussions with colleagues and students from the Department of Management Sciences (Prof. Dr Ralf Meyer, and Sonja Atai), the Department of Computer Science (Prof. Dr Sascha Alda, Prof. Dr Paul Plöger and Prof. Dr Erwin Prassler), the Department of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Journalism (Prof. Dr Iris Groß and Prof. Dr Dirk Reith), Project Lead Digital Internationalization of the Faculties (DIF) Regina Brautlacht and Project Lead Digital International General Studies (DISG) Ms. Christine Freitag. 

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It was an active day with a lot of exchange between the two universities, as well as the nomination of cooperation partners in various fields and departments, determining possible new cooperation opportunities, and scheduling defined collaboration projects. The schedule of the visitors was jam-packed with individual meetings with cooperation partners, department and lab visits and concluded by a joint meeting hosted by professor Jürgen Bode. Both universities confirmed interests in continuing this cross-continent collaboration and emphasised the importance of each other as prominent partners. SZTU and H-BRS are looking forward to moving on with further projects benefiting students and staff at both universities.