The European Institute of Yanshan University inaugurated its activities
On November 14, 2022, the European Institute of Yanshan University was inaugurated at the Silesian University of Technology. It was attended by 61 students from China who will study at four faculties of the Silesian University of Technology: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry as well as Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science.
The European Institute of Yanshan University was established in February 2021 by the Silesian University of Technology and Yanshan University from China. Its goal is the joint education of Polish, Chinese and international students.
- This is a great opportunity, especially for our University, a chance in terms of internationalization. We acquired a significant group of 61 students from China, who began their education at the Silesian University of Technology as part of a joint program. This is the first such initiative that we managed to implement as a joint venture with a foreign university. For now, we educate in five fields of study, but we will try to expand this offer and we hope that, in addition to Chinese and Polish students, students from other countries will also join - said the Rector of the Silesian University of Technology, Prof. Arkadiusz Mężyk.
Students who decide to study at the European Institute of Yanshan University will receive a graduation certificate and a bachelor's degree from Yanshan University and an engineering diploma from the Silesian University of Technology.
– The double diploma model is currently being strongly developed in many schools around the world. (…) These are modern forms of education that give a great opportunity also to our students, who, with a diploma from a Chinese university, have a chance for an interesting professional career in the future and the opportunity to cooperate primarily with Chinese companies, added the Rector.
Cooperation with the Silesian University of Technology is also an opportunity for the development of education in China - stressed the rector of Yanshan University Zhao Dingxuan in a pre-recorded speech. – I would like to congratulate you and wish you a successful functioning of the European Institute. Secretary General Xi Jinping stressed: “We support the opening of education and cooperate with world-leading universities." The Secretary-General's speech provides a basic guidance for China-foreign cooperation in school management and shows the direction of development. In 2019, our University decided that the goal of its development will be to create a national first-class university and a world-renowned research university. The establishment of the European Institute is an important event in the development of the university - said the rector of Yanshan University Zhao Dingxuan.
61 students, including Zhengqi Li, started their studies at the European Institute of Yanshan University. – I came to Poland because I wanted to see a world that is different than in China. I want to learn new technologies and gain knowledge. I want to meet Polish friends who are very open and help us, teach us things we didn't know before. It's great that we have classes together with Polish students - said Zhengqi Li.
Yumeng Lu also chose to study at the European Institute of Yanshan University. – When I passed my exams in China, I had to decide which university I would apply to. Studying abroad is a great opportunity for me, you can learn a lot more and meet new people, which is why I chose the Silesian University of Technology - said Yumeng Lu.
At the solemn opening ceremony of the European Institute of Yanshan University, a letter from the marshal of the Silesian Region, Jakub Chełstowski was read out.
– The cooperation of the Silesian University of Technology with the Yanshan University is a spectacular effect of your broad orientation towards scientific communities from around the world. By establishing the Institute of the European University of Yanshan, you are taking a milestone in educating staff for the needs of an innovative knowledge-based economy. (…) I am convinced that the Institute will also make a significant contribution to the development of the international scientific community, stressed the Marshal.
- Students are the best ambassadors of the region and the possibility of attracting them from other parts of the world is a great opportunity, which in the future will help build and develop various types of ventures and business initiatives - added Kazimierz Karolczak , chairman of the board of the Upper Silesian and Zagłębie Metropolis.
The European Institute of Yanshan University currently offers 5 English-language study programs: “Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation", "Electrical Engineering and Automation", "Automation", "Electrical Science and Technology" and "Chemical Engineering and Technology".
As part of the agreement, joint curricula were agreed. Tuition for students recruited in China is to last 4 years and will be carried out in the "1 + 3" scheme. This means that for the first two semesters (one year) classes are carried out at Yanshan University, and for the next 3 years - at the Silesian University of Technology.
