University of Tongji and Porsche signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

On April 17, the signing ceremony held a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Tongji University and Porsche at the Jiading Campus’s New Energy Automobile Engineering Center. Vice President of Tongji University Professor GU Xianglin, Chairman of the Porsche Global Executive Board Oliver Blume and Board Members, Vice President Professor YU Zhuoping, Vice President of Chinese-German College Chinese Professor WU Zhihong and delegates of Porsche (China) AG. participated in this signing ceremony.

In his speech, President GU Xianglin mentioned that Tongji University is in the important phase of establishing the “Double-First Class Initiative”. The whole automotive industry is facing enormous adaptations and technological changes and is moving in the “efficient, green, intelligent and friendly” direction.The deep cooperation between companies and universities is the best response to the achievement of sustainable transport development Hoping that by signing this agreement, the two sides will be able to fulfill the desire to integrate resources and develop each other, during which Dr. Blume said that the good cooperation with such a prestigious university with a long history as the university Tongji is an important measure to promote the development and technological transformation of enterprises.

The memorandum of understanding signed this year not only continues the long-term strategic partnership between the two, but also expands the scope of collaboration in a number of key areas, including knowledge and talent sharing in smart car technology, internships opportunities in Porsche Engineering Technology Research and Development Co., Ltd. and the affiliates or sponsorships for the Student Innovation Team of Science and Technology in Tongji University’s School of Automotive Studies.

After the signing ceremony, Dr. Ing. Flower gave a presentation titled “Future Sports Car” and visited the Smart Grid Test Station, the Shanghai Ground Vehicle Wind Tunnel Center and the research base of the Student Innovation Team, where he had a lot of interaction with the students.