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24.06.2009: Orientation meeting on the exchange program with the Beihang University, Beijing
Go China? -
Orientation meeting on the exchange program with the Beihang University, Beijing
on June 24, 2009 at 6:00 pm in P 1.6.02.1.
The two-was student exchange program betreen the University of Paderborn, Institute of EIM-E and the Beihang University, Peking, China is funded for the year in a row by the German Academic Exchange Service. In September 2009 (and again in September 2010) four electrical engineerings and information technology students as well as students of related courses of study to spend a semester at the respective partner university.
We, Prof. Bärbel Mertsching and Prof. Joachim Böcker are in charge of the program on the German end. Together with former exchange students we would like to inform interested students about Beihang University, the exchange program etc.
Beihang University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is part of the Top Ten technical universities in China and despite its relatively expensive tuition a highly sought after institution of higher education.
The exchange provides students of the University of Paderborn with an important complement to their studies at the University of Paderborn. In addition, the participants can get a picture of China's culture and its growing economic power which is of great importance for future relations.
The funding by the DAAD includes allowances for travel expenses, insurances and cost of living for German students. Chinese students receive an allowance for cost of living as well as funds for language courses and tutors.