Recently, President Xu Huibin, on behalf of Beihang University, signed Memorandum on Beihang University - Université Paris-Saclay Cooperation and Beihang University - Université Paris-Saclay Agreement on Double-Degree Doctoral Program with President Gilles Bloch of Université Paris-Saclay in Paris, France. According to related agreements, the two universities will launch all-round and multi-level cooperation in jointly training, exchange of teachers, scientific research and other aspects.
Beisides, Beihang also signed Beihang University - Universite Paris-Sud Agreement on Double-Degree Master's Program with Universite Paris-Sud, a subordinate member of Université Paris-Saclay.
The signing of memorandum of cooperation with Université Paris-Saclay marks the official establishment of comprehensive university-level partnership between the two universities. Under this framework, both sides will actively promote scientific research, personnel exchanges, and joint training cooperation.
According to the Beihang University - Université Paris-Saclay Agreement on Double-Degree Doctoral Program, the two universities will carry out joint doctoral training cooperation in the fields of computer science, economics, mathematics, physics, and so on. Under the joint guidance of tutors from both universities, the students will be cultivated in Beijing and Paris, and the qualified students finally obtain their doctoral degrees awarded by the two universities.
In line with the Beihang University - Universite Paris-Sud agreement, the two universities will undertake the program of joint training of double master’s degrees based on the principle of free tuition and mutual recognition of credit. Each year, master students in Electronics will be sent to study in the other university, and finally get the master's degrees from both universities.
The Université Paris-Saclay is a multiversity established in the southern suburbs of Paris in December 2014, under the leadership and support of the French government. With the aim to become a world top-10 research university, the University of Paris-Saclay integrates 14 academic institutions like Universite Paris-Sud, Centrale-Supélec, ENS Paris-Saclay and CNRS. According to the US News Rankings 2019, the Université Paris-Saclay ranks 30th in the world and 1st in France. Beihang has conducted long-term and fruitful cooperation with several member units of the Université Paris-Saclay such as Centrale-Supélec and Universite Paris-Sud previously. The signing of collaboration between Beihang and Université Paris-Saclay will be conductive to further expanding key areas of cooperation and establishing strategic partnership between the two sides.
Reported by Niu Miaozhuo
Reviewed by Lyu Ying
Edited by Jia Aiping
Translated by Lyu Xingyun
