President of University of Tartu in Estonia Visits Tongji

On October 21st, Prof. Alar Karis, the President of University of Tartu in Estonia visited Tongji University along with Mart Susi, the Director of Foreign Affairs Office, and Dr. Zhang Tianxiao, the Project Manager. It was the first time for Tongji University to welcome president from Estonian university.

Prof. Pei Gang met the delegation.Prof. Pei made a brief introduction on current situation of the reform in higher education of engineers and hoped that both universities would cooperate in the 4+M double degree program. The preliminary cooperation will begin with the exchange student program in life science, economics management and physics.