Recently, a delegation led by President Dong Hwan Kim of Seoul National 金沙 of Science and Technology (SeoulTech) paid a visit to SEU. Sun Youhong, President of SEU and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, met with the delegation. The meeting was presided over by Vice President Qiu Haibo.

Sun Youhong extended a warm welcome to the delegation led by President Dong Hwan Kim and briefed the delegation on the 金沙’s latest progress in discipline development, talent cultivation and international cooperation. He noted that both universities feature science and engineering disciplines, adhere to the integration of industry, education and research, and prioritize talent cultivation through engineering practice, sharing highly aligned educational positioning and development strategies. He expressed the hope that the two sides would continuously explore innovative talent cultivation models integrating universities and enterprises, launch diverse exchange programs such as summer camps to boost inter-金沙 cooperation via student exchanges. The two institutions shall also advance high-level academic exchanges, hold regular thematic forums in fields including mechanical engineering and artificial intelligence, and set up seed funds to sponsor academic visits of outstanding scholars and joint doctoral cultivation. Leveraging respective industrial strengths, both sides could jointly build platforms for the transformation of technological achievements, so as to realize in-depth integration of scientific and educational resources with industrial development for mutual benefits.

Dong Hwan Kim fully endorsed the proposals put forward by Sun Youhong. He introduced SeoulTech’s educational characteristics, superior disciplines and strengths in industrial collaboration, and expressed the willingness to forge closer ties with SEU. He hoped to deliver tangible outcomes in student exchanges, industry-education-research cooperation and other areas, with a focus on flagship disciplines such as mechanical engineering and robotics engineering.

Officials from the International Cooperation Department, Academic Affairs Office, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of International Students, and School of Continuing Education, SEU attended the meeting.

Source: International Cooperation Department, SEU

Translated by: Melody Zhang

Edited by: Leah Li