Promoting the Internationalization
of Graduate Education
-----Taking the Double Masters Program
of ESPACE in English as an example
Vice president of WHU
Zhou Chuangbing
Outline of the Presentation
1
Background and Significance of the
Program
2
Implementation of the Program
3
Conclusion of the Program
1 Background and Significance
1.Introduction of WHU
• one of the oldest universities in China: founded in 1893
• a comprehensive national university in modern China:
-114 undergraduate programs
-311 master's degree programs
-208 Ph.D programs
-over 50,000 students: 30,000 undergraduates and 20,000 graduate students
1 Background and Significance
• the most beautiful university in China
• among top 10 universities in China
-strong in law, economics, philosophy,
library science, information science
and public administration
-top 1% by ESI: material science,
chemistry, engineering, physics,
botany and zoology, clinical medicine,
biology and biochemistry, pharmacology
and toxicology, environmental science and
ecology
-In 1999, listed as one of the most
prominent institutions in China
• the most Internationalized University at
central and western part of China
1 Background and Significance
2.Introduction of TUM
one of Europe’s
◆founded in 1868
◆one of Europe’s leading universities top universities
◆one of the best universities in
Germany
1 Background and Significance
▶Schooling length of Chinese program candidates:
1st year: study at WHU
2nd year: study at TUM
3rd year: study either at TUM or WHU(according to the suggestion of the
supervisor)
▶Dural Degree Requirements:
1.completion of three-year study
2.successful completion of thesis defense
2 Implementation of the Program
↘Number of participants:
•in the initial phase: up to 10 students every year
•afterwards: to be adjusted
↘Tuition and other fees :
•host university: no charged tuition fees
•two universities: apply for the scholarship to CSC, DAAD etc. for students
•students: responsible for expenses such as health insurance, travel expenses
and living cost
2 Implementation of the Program
Entry requirements:
1.major in relevant fields:
School of Resource and Environmental Science
School of Urban Design
School of Geodesy and Geomatics
School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering
State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and
Remote Sensing…
2.English level (satisfy one of the conditions):
• score 80 or above in TOEFL
• 6 in IELTS
• a study evidence of one-year participation in English-taught courses
2 Implementation of the Program
Credits and thesis:
• the credits can be transferred to each other
(1 WHU credits is equivalent to 2.7 ECTS credits and 1 ECTS credits equals
0.37 WHU credits)
• the thesis defense result at either university is accepted by the other
(final grade is averaged from the individual grades of both supervisors)
2 Implementation of the Program
Significance of the Program:
■powerful combination
■quite promising
■TUM’s first double degree cooperation in China
■exemplary model
■attract high-level scholars
■promote Chinese internationality of education and research in geo-spatial
informatics.
Students participation in 2011:
▶applicants: 13 WHU graduate students
▶enrolments: 10 excellent graduate students
2 Implementation of the Program
Influence of the program
(other cooperative programs after this cooperation):
◣Duke University: double masters in Public Health
◣University College Dublin: double masters in software engineering and
finances
◣100 overseas partners: realize cooperation in credit transfer, student exchange
3
Conclusion of the Program
•Get great attention:
-Leaders: senior leadership have payed full attention to this program
-Students: scientific research cooperation and the combination of available subjects
attract outstanding students to participate this program
•Seek multi-channel financial support:
-CSC funding: five graduate students each year
-WHU and TUM financial support
support for students from WHU:
▪summer school of “Spatial Statistics and Intelligent Analysis”each year
▪short-term visit to international universities and attendence of international
academic conferences
3
Conclusion of the Program
Operate creatively within existing policies:
• problems and challenges: different enrollments, academic calenders, credit
systems, examination requirements…
• innovation in policies:
-enrollment system: enroll in two universities sequently
-curricular systems: recognized mutually
-teachers: "Bi- tutor" adopted
3
Conclusion of the Program
Promote the construction of international cooperative platform:
▶courses: more English optional courses for German students
▶research: co-operation platform can be further strutted based on cooperative
projects
▶cooperative projects: multinational combined application of scientific projects is
in its beginning stage
Thank you!
cbzhou@whu.edu.cn