SoE Partners with National Sun Yat-sen University and Southeast University

The School of Engineering has signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with Taiwan’s National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) and with Southeast University, Nanjing, China (SEU) for educational collaborations to facilitate degree programs and student opportunity.

On April 18, team of administration, College of Engineering, and College of Science electrical, mechanical and electro-mechanical, materials, photonics, and chemistry faculty delegates from NSYSU joined Rutgers University and School of Engineering administrators and faculty for a day-long program that included an official MOU signing ceremony and roundtable discussion.

After being welcomed by Rutgers Engineering Dean Alberto Cuitiño and university Chancellor Francine Conway, SEU president Ying-Yao Cheng spoke. Eric Garfunkel, Rutgers’ vice president for global affairs and distinguished professor of chemistry and physics and his NSYSU counterpart provided overviews of their respective schools. After presentations and tours of the chemistry and materials science and engineering departments and Weeks Hall, the guests and Rutgers personnel enjoyed lunch at the Rutgers Club.

A similar schedule was in place on April 23 for the signing of the MOU between Rutgers and SEU. Administrators and professors from SEU were welcomed by Dean Cuitiño and Chancellor Conway, while SEU University Council Chairman Wei Zuo gave a guest of honor speech. The MOU signing ceremony was preceded by an executive discussion, an overview of Rutgers, and an overview of SEU.

A round table discussion led off guided tours of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering, which were followed by a luncheon at the Rutgers Club.