On October 12, a signing ceremony for the Double Degree Program of Mechanical Engineering between Tsinghua University and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) was held. Professor Xiong Zhuo, Party Secretary of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Professor Zhou Ming, Head of the Department, Professor Wen Peng, Deputy Head of the Department, and Zhao Haiyan, Program Coordinator, attended the ceremony on behalf of Tsinghua, along with Professor Hyung-Soon Park, Head of the KAIST Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor Inkyu Park, Deputy Head. Zhou Ming and Hyung-Soon Park signed the agreement on behalf of the two sides.
Zhou Ming noted that KAIST is one of Asia's leading universities of science and technology, and that the mechanical engineering disciplines of the two universities have maintained close exchanges over the years. The signing of this double-degree agreement marks an important milestone in deepening cooperation between the two departments. It will provide students from both universities with a high-quality international training pathway, and will inject new momentum into the coordinated development of mechanical engineering education in Asia.
Hyung-Soon Park said that the two universities share highly aligned educational philosophies in the field of mechanical engineering. The implementation of the double degree program embodies the efforts of both teams over the past year and has deepened mutual understanding. KAIST attaches great importance to this partnership and looks forward to taking the signing of the agreement as a new starting point to promote all-around cooperation between the two departments in joint student training, research collaboration, and faculty exchange, jointly leading innovative development in the field of mechanical engineering and contributing to educational and technological cooperation between the two countries.
In recent years, Tsinghua's Department of Mechanical Engineering has actively advanced its global strategy for talent cultivation, establishing partnerships with institutions such as RWTH Aachen University, Technische Universität Berlin, the National University of Singapore, and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This cooperation with KAIST will further expand the depth and breadth of collaboration with Korea, supporting the development of Tsinghua's mechanical engineering discipline into a world-class program.
