As Tongji University in Shanghai celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Sino-Italian Campus, it inaugurated the Sino-Italian College of Engineering and Innovation on Tuesday to further strengthen the two nations' cooperation in education.
Co-built by Tongji and the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy, the college focuses on addressing the shared global challenges of sustainable development and the transformation driven by artificial intelligence.
It upholds a distinctive approach to engineering innovation, featuring the interdisciplinary integration of AI, green development and design. It is committed to cultivating outstanding, multidisciplinary engineering innovators who excel in science and technology, engineering, arts and international affairs, while developing engineering innovations that benefit humanity.
The first class of 86 master's students was welcomed to the new college at the inauguration ceremony to begin their studies in climate change and carbon neutrality, systems design and intelligent innovation, as well as information and communications technology and embodied intelligence.
Yang Jinlong, president of Tongji University and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said at the ceremony that cooperation with Italy is key to the university's strategy for international exchange and cooperation. The establishment of the college would build a solid platform for the two nations to foster new friendships and enhance cooperation in education, science and technology, culture and industries.
Alberto Giuseppe Sapora, vice-rector for international affairs at Polytechnic University of Turin, noted that over the past 20 years, the friendly cooperation between the two universities has continued to deepen, expanding from dual-degree programs to the joint establishment of the college. They expect to build the college into a flagship platform for Sino-European cooperation in engineering education.
Tongji University's collaboration with Italy began in the 1980s through academic exchanges between professors from both countries. Since its establishment in 2006, the Sino-Italian Campus has engaged in extensive and in-depth cooperation with 29 renowned Italian universities across more than 30 disciplines, including architecture, industrial design and automation. It has cumulatively cultivated nearly 4,000 outstanding professionals active across various sectors in both nations.
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