OMU News
Apr 25, 2024
German university presidents among visiting delegation with interests in engineering
A delegation from the central German state of Thuringia, under the auspices of the Tokyo-based German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (AHK Japan), visited the Nakamozu Campus on April 23, 2024.
The six members from Germany have interests in OMU’s engineering fields, especially alternative energy, sustainability, materials science, and optical engineering.
The German delegation consisted of Prof. Dr. Steffen Teichert, president of the University of Applied Sciences Jena; Prof. Dr. Jörg Wagner, president of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences; Prof. Dr. Gundolf Baier, president of Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences; Prof. Dr. Georg Pohnert, interim president of Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and the university’s head of the International Office, Dr. Claudia Hillinger; and Dr. Stefan Kreusch, managing director of lab equipment company scienova GmbH, which originated from Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
From OMU, Vice President for Global Education Toshiyuki Matsui and the Graduate School of Engineering’s Dean Satoru Watano, Vice Deans Masakazu Arima and Takashi Yamaguchi, and Prof. Jun-Seok Oh attended.
After Vice President Matsui introduced OMU to the visitors, Dean Watano provided an overview of the Graduate School of Engineering and its latest research. During discussions in English with the German delegation, there was a lively and productive exchange of opinions on the status of international student acceptance at OMU and the German universities and the educational systems in place.
Vice President Matsui
Graduate School of Engineering Dean Watano
Front row, from left: Dean Watano, Prof. Dr. Pohnert, Dr. Kreusch, Prof. Dr. Teichert, and Vice President Matsui. Back row, from left: Vice Dean Arima, AHK Japan Consultant Miwako Oda, Prof. Dr. Baier, Prof. Dr. Wagner, Dr. Hillinger, Vice Dean Yamaguchi, and Prof. Oh.
Japanese Article
https://www.omu.ac.jp/info/news/entry-11164.html
Contact
Global Strategy Division
E-mail: gr-glo-strategy[at]omu.ac.jp
Please change [at] to @.
SDGs
