On June 15, Heikki Saastamoinen, President of Southeastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, and Jyrki Koivikko, Chairman of the Board of Directors, visited Beijing University of Technology, and the Deputy Secretary of the school party committee and President Liu Gonghui, and the Vice President Wu Bin met with the delegation, accompanied by the heads of relevant departments such as International Exchange and Cooperation Office, the Department of Informatics and the School of Environmental and Energy Engineering.

The President Liu Gonghui extended a warm welcome to the delegation of the President Saastamoinen. He highlighted the relevant information on the selection of “World-class Universities and World-class Disciplines” Construction of Beijing University of Technology, and hopes that the cooperation field between the two universities can expand from student exchange to teacher exchange and scientific research cooperation. In the meantime, he also welcomes students from Southeastern Finland University of Applied Sciences to Beijing University of Technology for exchanges and learning.

The President Saastamoinen said that Southeastern Finland University of Applied Sciences attached great importance to cooperation with Chinese universities while formulating a new international cooperation strategy last year, and was keen to strengthen international cooperation with Chinese universities. In recent years, its scientific research funds has grown substantially, and it has gradually shifted to research-based universities and expected to conduct extensive and pragmatic research cooperation with researchers at Beijing University of Technology.

The President Koivikko mentioned in the conversation that as the economic cooperation between China and the Europe is getting closer, the end of China-Europe Train is just located in the city where a school district is located. The China-Europe Train brings new vitality to the local and even the entire Finnish economy. In the future, he hopes to strengthen cooperation with Beijing University of Technology in areas such as logistics.

Both parties renewed the double-degree cooperation agreement for environmental engineering. After completing three years of undergraduate study at school, the students of Beijing University of Technology can go to Southeastern Finland University of Applied Sciences for completing the required credits in the fourth year, thus obtaining bachelor’s degree certificates from the two universities respectively. Finland has accumulated rich experience and practices in environmental protection. It is believed that the cooperation between the two universities in the field of environmental engineering will be of great significance for Beijing University of Technology to serve the construction and development of Beijing.

The delegation of the President Saastamoinen visited the final project exhibition of undergraduates of the School of Art and Design of Beijing University of Technology, and appreciated the works of the graduates. He expressed the hope to expand the cooperation with Beijing University of Technology in the field of art through exhibitions and teacher-student exchanges.

Southeastern Finland University of Applied Sciences is one of the first universities to establish friendly cooperation with Beijing University of Technology. The two universities have a history of cooperation for more than 20 years. More than 100 students from Beijing University of Technology have gone to the school to participate in the “3+1” double degree program.