On April 12, 2016, Deputy Dean Prof. HUANG Hongwei received a delegation from Graz University of Technology including Rector Prof. Harald Kainz, Vice-Rector Prof. Andrea Hoffmann, Prof. Kay Uwe Roemer, Ms. Sabine Prem (Director for International Affairs), Ms. Barbara Böttger (representative of International Affairs Office), Mr. Patrik Buchhaus (student representative), and Ms. Clara Fischer (Director of Liaison Office). Prof. DING Wenqi, Prof. BAI Yun, Prof. ZHANG Dongmei, Dr. LIU Fang, Dr. ZHANG Qingzhao joined the meeting with the delegates. Prof. HUANG Hongwei expressed a warm welcome to the delegates. There is a long history of cooperation in the field of Tunneling engineering between Tongji University and Graz University of Technology, which becomes a solid foundation for a broader cooperation in education and research between the two institutes in the future. Rector Prof. Harald Kainz expressed his interests and wish to strengthen the tie between the two universities by developing dual degree programs and collaborative research of the disciplines of civil engineering.