President Chen Jiachuan Led a Delegation to Visit France and Germany
At the invitation of the University of France-conte in Burgundy and the Doemens Beer Academy, President of the university Chen Jiachuan led a delegation of six people to visit France and Germany from November 4th to 11th. Academic affairs office, scientific research office, international cooperation office, school of biological engineering relating personnel accompanied this visit.
On November 5th, the delegation visited the Center for Taste and Feeding Behaviour at the University of France-conte in Burgundy. Gaelle Roudaut, vice President, met with the delegation and chaired an exchange and discussion session. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the cooperation in the cultivation of master's degree in food engineering, biological engineering, brewing engineering and other majors, and reached the cooperation intention.The other side was willing to receive related professional outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate in our school going to the center of study for a master's or doctoral degree. Chen hoped that both sides should continue to strengthen personnel exchanges and close exchanges and cooperation, and support each other's high-level experts and scholars to give lectures and engage in scientific research activities and provide financial support.
On the morning of November 6th, the delegation first visited theAgroSup Dijon, National Superior Institute of Agronomic Sciences, Food and Environment under the University of France-conte in Burgundy.Professor Francois ROCHE-BRUYN, director of the institute, met the delegation and held a business meeting. The other side introduced its scientific research team, scientific research projects and master and doctor projects in detail. Outstanding students and scientific research personnel of our school are willing to go to France for further study and cooperate to carry out scientific research projects, and they will be supported by scholarships. The two sides had in-depth exchanges and cooperation on promoting the exchanges and cooperation of teachers, students and scientific research in the fields of biological engineering and food engineering, and reached consensus.
The delegation then arrived at the Institute of Vineand Wine Jules at the university of France-conte in Burgundy.Professor Marielle Adrian, vice President in charge of scientific research, met with the delegation and held a working meeting. Chen Jiachuan introduced to the other side the progress and development plan of the International Demonstration College of Brewing Engineering, and hoped that the other side could send a team of experts to participate in the course system construction, the establishment of a cooperative research platform and the development of joint training programs for master and doctoral students. The other side fully supported this, and expressed that it will actively participate in the pre-construction work of the demonstration institute, and continue to provide relevant technical and personnel support. The two sides also had in-depth discussions on other topics concerning the model colleges.
In the afternoon, the delegation arrived at the headquarters of the University of France-conte in Burgundy. The President, professor Nicolas Chaillet, met with the delegation. The University of France-conte in Burgundy consists of seven institutions of higher learning and scientific research institutes. It is an alliance of universities established by the French government. The previously visited Center for Taste and Feeding Behaviour, AgroSup Dijon, National Superior Institute of Agronomic Sciences, Food and Environment and Institute of Vine and Wine Jules ，which are three of them. The two sides exchanged business views on the integration of science and education, development planning, talent strategy and international cooperation, and had in-depth exchanges on further strengthening practical cooperation, promoting talent exchanges, carrying out scientific research and creating cooperation projects with distinctive features, and reached preliminary consensus. The two sides also agreed to pay a return visit to our school next year and sign a memorandum of cooperation and other matters.
On the morning of November 8th, a delegation arrived at the Weihenstephan Brewery Institute for a visit. The institute is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich and is the oldest and most academically advanced beer research institution in Germany. Prof. Stefan Lustig, dean of the faculty, met the delegation. The two sides discussed the construction of the international demonstration college of brewing engineering. The foreign side had had the biological engineering college on relevant issues for preliminary communication earlier with our school , In the next step, we will continue to cooperate with our part on the introduction of courses, scientific research projects,
achievement transformation and other issues, the future will be more than happy to provide relevant technology and personnel, support and promote the demonstration school of construction and the development of brewing industry in Shandong province.
In the afternoon, the delegation went to Doemens Academy to exchange and discuss cooperation matters. College President Werner Gloßner and vice President Gerrit Bluemelhuber met with the delegation. Doemens Academy has cooperated with our university for more than 20 years, and the other side expressed their willingness to continue to support the development of our university's beer technology, especially craft beer technology, and to participate in the construction of the international demonstration college of brewing engineering. Chen Jiachuan welcomed the other party to participate in the construction of the demonstration college, and hoped to continue to rely on and introduce its advanced technology, guide the teaching and research of our university in the field of beer brewing, and discussed the development mode of craft beer and beer characteristic tourism industry together, and accelerate the establishment of distinctive advantageous specialty and characteristic beer brand.
On November 9th, the delegation arrived at the final stop of the trip, the German company Krones AG. Krones co., ltd. It is the world's largest manufacturer of PET plastic bottles, glass bottles and cans filling equipment, its equipment is widely used in beverage, wine, beer and other liquid food filling and packaging. Stefan Babeck, regional sales director of the company in China, and Lauren Peroy, minister of human resources, met the delegation. The two sides held detailed discussions and reached preliminary consensus on student internship, technical experts recruitment and the introduction of small filling lines. The other party is willing to receive our qualified students with biological engineering, brewing engineering, packaging engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical automation, management and other professional background of undergraduate students arriving for three to six months of practice.At the same time willing to send relevant technical experts to give lectures and business guidance, at the same time, based on the international demonstration engineering of wine institute of construction, the other party is willing to provide relevant technical and equipment support, and to carry out the small beer filling line related to work as soon as possible.
