From April 4th to 8th, Dong Qi, Vice President of Tongji, Gu Xianglin, Dean of College Engineering and Cheng Jin, Assistant Dean led a delegation to visit Mines ParisTech, ENTPE, INSA de Lyon, the Ministry of High Education and Research, the Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development and the Commission of Engineer’s Title (CTI) in France. During the Visit, Prof. Gu Xianglin and Dr. Cheng Jin met and discussed with Vice President and representative of Group of Ecoles des Mines (GEM), President of CTI, Department Head of Civil Engineering and Urban Planning, INSA-Lyon, and representatives from other partners.

    This visit focused on the Sino-French Joint Education Program under the framework of Tongji’s “Excellent Talent Program”, the objective is to learn more about French Engineering education system and to ask for the advises of French experts, to identify French partner schools for the chosen majors, to look for the supports of French government and CTI, and also to work on the next step of planning with French partners.