New Academy Unveiled! Yantai University Trier School of Sustainable Development Technology was inaugurated with 3 undergraduate majors and 1 master's degree

Public Network Poster News Reporter Cai Yunfei Correspondent Qi Jiansheng Photography Yuan Zhaojun Yantai report

On the morning of June 25th, the inauguration ceremony of The Trier School of Sustainable Development Technology of Yantai University was held in front of the Yuxiu Building. The reporter learned at the scene that the college has 3 undergraduate majors and 1 master's major, and the enrollment work has started. The establishment of the college provides new opportunities and new options for students to receive world-leading engineering education and obtain degrees from German universities.

Zhang Wei, Secretary of the Party Committee of Yantai University, and Duan Peiyong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Yantai University, attended the inauguration ceremony and jointly inaugurated the Trier School of Sustainable Development Technology of Yantai University. Dorit Schumann, President of the University of Applied Sciences in Trier, Germany, sent "Cloud Blessings" to the College. Nearly 100 leaders of Yantai University, the main responsible persons of various functional departments and second-level units, teachers and students representatives, and media representatives witnessed this historical moment. The inauguration ceremony was presided over by Song Zhongmin, Vice President of Yantai University.

At about 10 a.m., the inauguration ceremony officially began. The panelists watched the trier Institute of Sustainability Technology promotional video. On behalf of the school, Duan Peiyong expressed warm congratulations on the establishment of the college, expressed his heartfelt respect to the colleagues and experts of China and Germany who have made unremitting efforts for the establishment of the college, and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the leading friends who have always cared about and supported the construction and development of Yantai University. It is hoped that Zhongdetrier College will seize the development opportunities, accelerate the pace of high-quality development, continue to explore the carbon dioxide "zero emission" campus construction model suitable for China's national conditions, build a carbon footprint detection and emission reduction campus with the characteristics of Yantai University, and be a model of integrity and innovation.

President Dorit Schumann of the University of Applied Sciences in Trier, Germany, was unable to attend the inauguration ceremony of the College due to the epidemic and delivered a speech by video. She congratulated the college on its establishment and thanked all the supporters of the college's preparation process. He also said that he would work with Yantai University to strengthen cooperation in key areas such as renewable energy, sustainable development of transportation, digitalization, and industry 4.0, build the Trier Institute of Sustainable Development Technology into a cooperation platform for important topics between China and Germany, and cultivate outstanding management talents and innovative talents in globalization.

After the unveiling ceremony, the leaders of the college answered questions from the media on the college entrance examination admissions. Du Wei, deputy dean of the Trier School of Sustainable Development Technology of Yantai University, introduced that the Trier School of Sustainable Development Technology of Yantai University (hereinafter referred to as the Sino-German College) is a non-independent legal entity of Sino-foreign cooperative education jointly organized by Yantai University and The Trier University of Applied Technology in Germany, which was officially established on May 19 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. The college currently has 63 classroom teachers, including 30 foreign teachers and 33 yanda teachers.

Du Wei also gave a detailed answer to the discipline settings and enrollment of college entrance examination candidates and parents, he said: "The Middle De Trier College implements undergraduate and master's degree education, and opens 3 undergraduate majors in environmental science and engineering, environmental protection equipment engineering, vehicle engineering and 1 master's degree in international material flow management. Undergraduate majors recruit 90 people every year, included in the national unified recruitment plan, and 60 graduate students are recruited every year. ”

The reporter learned that the newly established Zhongdetrier College has adopted the "4+0" cooperative school model for four years, awarding a degree certificate from Yantai University, in which students with excellent academic and linguistic skills can participate in the "3+1" joint training project and award degree certificates from both China and Germany. Master's students admitted to the national unified recruitment examination will receive degree certificates from both China and Germany after graduation; master's degree students admitted through independent enrollment of the college will receive a master's degree certificate from the Trier University of Applied Sciences in Germany after graduation, which is completely consistent with the certificates of German students.

Higher education in Germany is known for its rigor and excellence, and the gold content of engineering degrees is recognized worldwide. The Trier University of Applied Sciences in Germany was founded in 1830 as a public university. The school has built a world-famous "zero-carbon campus", ranking first in Germany and seventh in the world's sustainable development rankings for many years in the international green energy website world university sustainability rankings. Yantai University Zhongdetrier College will continue to explore the "zero emission" campus construction model of carbon dioxide suitable for China's national conditions, build a carbon footprint monitoring and emission reduction campus with the characteristics of Yantai University, be a model of integrity and innovation, and cultivate "new engineering" talents who integrate disciplines and are committed to sustainable development.

In recent years, Yantai University attaches great importance to international education, and has cooperated with universities in South Korea, the United States and Italy to hold 3 Sino-foreign cooperative undergraduate programs. The establishment of the Trier School of Sustainable Development Technology of Yantai University is an important milestone in accelerating the process of internationalization of the school, and will give full play to the exemplary and leading role of Sino-foreign cooperation in the school's talent training, discipline construction, teacher team construction, social services, etc., and vigorously promote the high-quality connotative development of the school.