On the morning of October 12, Prof. Jose-Minguel Atienza, Vice President of Foreign Affairs of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), led a delegation to visit Beihang University. Huang Haijun, Vice President of Beihang University, received them at the fifth Conference Center of the New Main Building, accompanied by representatives from the International Division.

Huang Haijun expressed warm welcome to the delegation. He reviewed the previous cooperation achievements of the two sides in terms of student exchange, joint training project and scientific research. Atienza showed his gratitude for the hospitality of Beihang and wished to further enhance and deepen the cooperation between Beihang and UPM.

Subsequently, the two sides discussed the implementation scheme of the Seed Research Fund Project established by the two universities in May this year. This fund will be used to carry out scientific cooperation, support international scientific collaborative projects and advance strategic partnership between the two universities. Besides, the two sides fully exchanged views on other cooperation proposals like Erasmus+, summer programs and joint doctor cultivation.

As a famous European university of science and engineering, UPM is the strategic partner of Beihang. Since the two universities established partnership in 2007, they have exchanged 253 students for various forms of joint cultivation and communication, such as exchange and double degree programs, as well as carried out scientific research cooperation in multidisciplinary fields.

Reported by Niu Miaozhuo

Edited by Song Chao

Translated by Lu Baihui