On October 13, 2010, Professor Liu-Henke from Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences in Germany participated a meeting with Professor Jiang Jiuwen on the exchange and cooperation between the two universities in the second conference room of the main building of Emei Campus. The two parties reached an intent agreement on cooperation projects such as the exchange of graduate students and the exchange of teachers. Professor Feng Jian of the School of Mechanical Engineering participated in the talks, and the two sides reached an agreement on the exchange of undergraduate graduates in mechanical disciplines to study for a master's degree in the other school.
Our side on December 10, 2010, and Germany side on January 31, 2011, formally signed the memorandum of cooperation between the two sides and " The Agreement about the German Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences to accept undergraduate graduates from Southwest Jiaotong University in China to study machinery in Disciplinary Systems Engineering on the Master Degree". Since 2011, every year, the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, can receive 8 students from the School of Mechanical Engineering to study for a master's degree for free.
Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences is a public university with the authority to grant master's degrees and can jointly train doctors. Located in Lower Saxony, its mechanical discipline ranks among the best in Germany, with 4 campuses including Wolfsburg and Wolfenbüttel, with 13,000 students. It has close cooperation with the headquarters of Volkswagen of Germany, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lufthansa, etc., and its Automotive Engineering Institute is jointly organized with Volkswagen of Germany.
