Time flies on the prosperous Daxue Road, while Guangdong Technion Israel-Institute of Technology stands quietly in a corner, welcoming another group of young and enthusiastic freshmen. Students from all over the world, with dreams and aspirations, are ready to start their life at GTIIT. From this week, a series of interviews with freshmen will be launched, to show their feelings and expectations about GTIIT.

Here is the story of Qian Xinyu, who graduated from Shanghai Datong High School.

"Because of the passion for science, I began to know more about GTIIT." Talking about the first encounter with GTIIT, Qian Xinyu, a member of Cohort 2021 from the Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Program, said. When applying to university, this Sino-foreign cooperative university of science and engineering attracted Xinyu's attention. The story between her and GTIIT began.

Chose GTIIT, beacuse of passion

Qian Xinyu graduated from Shanghai Datong High School. As a prestigious school established in 1912, for the past 100 years, it has trained more than 60,000 outstanding talents and cultivated 39 academicians of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Under this learning atmosphere, Qian Xinyu has a great interest in science and engineering. In an admission lecture, Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) attached her attention.

After the admission lecture, she participated in several live broadcasts of GTIIT. Through the description of teachers from admission department and professors, she got to know this university. In her opinion, the wide range of theoretical and innovative curriculum systems, problem-driven teaching methods, and the achievements of the first graduates all gave her confidence in the young university. Before college application, GTIIT also launched the online one-on-one admission consultation room. The replies of the seniors to her situation based on their own experience made her finally choose GTIIT.

The choice of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Program is due to the influence of family. As there are elders in her family engaged in related industries, Qian Xinyu has been interested in machinery since childhood. From simple equipment working principles to complex artificial intelligence and robot manufacturing, the charm of machinery fascinates her. Machinery is an important foundation for the development of society. The improvement of living standards is inseparable from the replacement of related equipment, and machinery is the foundation of all these developments. With confidence in the future of the mechanical engineering industry, she came to GTIIT.

Love GTIIT, because of details

"The university is small but well-equipped. The corridor from the dormitory to the other buildings can save students from getting wet on rainy days." Speaking of his first impression of GTIIT campus, Qian Xinyu specifically mentioned this. She believes that a small design is enough to show the university's care to students.

As an international university taught in English, GTIIT's language teaching model is completely different from Qian Xinyu’s high school. “Here, English is not only in textbooks and test papers, but everywhere in daily life.” Frequent communication with teachers after class cultivated her interest in English, and gradually improved her English skills.

"GTIIT's rich and colorful academic activities and after-class life have given me a lot of opportunities." Qian Xinyu mentioned. In addition to the normal teaching time, each professor has office hours for students to ask questions related to the course. For only half a semester, Professor Jacob Mostovoy of the linear algebra course has already left a deep impression on her. "Every time I ask questions during his office hour, even if they are some trivial points, he explains them patiently, which makes me have greater expectations for his next course."

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