Following the initiation of a yearly intake in the Electrical Engineering (Automation Technology) degree course with Goethe-Zertifikat B2 (B.Eng.) as of winter semester 2020/21, the Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing Technology) degree course with Goethe-Zertifikat B2 (B.Eng.) will now also move from a bi-annual to an annual intake as of winter semester 2021/22. This means that the number of students in each of the two engineering courses will double.
Additionally, five of the eight modules taught by HAW Hamburg in each degree course will now no longer take place in Shanghai but will instead be offered in compact form in one semester at HAW Hamburg. The resulting increase in costs at HAW Hamburg for teaching, laboratory equipment and administration will be financed entirely by USST.
USST president Ding Xiaodong praised the long-standing success of the jointly run Shanghai-Hamburg College as the ‘glowing calling card for internationalisation at USST’ and particularly emphasised the importance of this successful academic project for the formal partnership between the cities of Hamburg and Shanghai.
HAW Hamburg president Micha Teuscher highlighted the importance of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and foreign trade/international management, the three degree courses offered at Shanghai-Hamburg College, as core content areas in future relations with the People’s Republic of China. He noted that the implementation of the annual intake in the Mechanical Engineering course is a further step towards anchoring the SHC degree courses in the regular operations of both universities.
Both presidents agreed that the positive cooperation should be further intensified in future through the development of a joint Master’s degree course.
Author: Meike Rissiek
For more information on the Shanghai-Hamburg College see https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/international/shanghai-hamburg-college/.
