The 2024 International Conference on Engineering Education, supervised by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, sponsored by Suzhou JITRI Education Foundation, National Innovation Institute for Excellence Engineers (Shanghai) and Future Education Center at Peking University, was held recently. Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) signed the Co-op Cooperation Agreement with National Innovation Center par Excellence (NICE) at the Conference.

The Conference with the theme of "Openness and Cooperation, Integration Between Industry and Education, and a Win-Win Future" brought together chancellors and senior management team members from over 60 universities in 18 countries and regions, including Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Waterloo in Canada, Monash University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, as well as more than 400 representatives from government, education, business, foundations, research institutions, and innovative organizations.

Dr. Queena Yi, Pro-Vice Chancellor of GTIIT, signed the agreement with NICE

At the Conference, GTIIT signed the Co-op Operation Agreement with NICE. The two parties will try out the paid internship model (Co-op) to improve the system of internship and practice. The goal is to integrate the industrial resources of NICE, the undergraduate teaching of GTIIT and corporate training as a way to enrich undergraduate education and cultivate high-level engineering talents oriented toward industrial development.

Co-op, short for Cooperative Education, is a paid internship program for undergraduates. It's an effective practice of integrating industry and education and is a well-established talent cultivation model in many countries. NICE, jointly built by relevant institutions in the city of Shanghai and Provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, is a comprehensive national technology innovation center approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. In the coming future, students will have the opportunity to alternate between on-campus classes and work at a company on a regular basis. The project would help them learn professional development skills and accelerate their careers.

GTIIT is currently the only Sino-foreign cooperative university in science and technology, and is also the Chinese campus of the Technion, and a member of the Sino-foreign Cooperative University Union, included in the list of Guangdong High Level University Development Program. Integrating high-quality educational resources from the Technion, GTIIT offers engineering and science majors that align with national development, scientific advancement and industrial innovation. These programs center around three main areas: energy, environment and human health. The University carries out research on fundamental theories and key technologies, and cultivates outstanding talents with innovative ability, global vision, and humanistic quality.

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