17.4.2019 Stuttgart/Shanghai. With a new chair of intelligent vehicle concepts, several research projects on urbanization trends in China and other initiatives, the Porsche and the Tongji University want to strengthen in Shanghai in the future of their cooperation.
Both parties signed on today, Wednesday, on the Campus of the University a Declaration of intent. Previously, Oliver Blume, Executive Board Chairman of Porsche AG had spoken in front of approximately 200 students about the future of the sports car.
“We have made very good experiences in order to promote in various markets, High-End Engineering and technical excellence. It is important to us, to intensify our relations with institutions which are as established and prestigious as the Tongji University,“ said flower at the time of signing of the agreement. “We are thus strengthening the commitment of Porsche in China and expand the existing cooperation.”
Professor Zhang Lijun, Dean of the “School of Automotive Studies,” at Tongji University, stressed the importance of cooperation: “the closer cooperation with Porsche benefited from our education at the technical faculties. At the same time, we maintain the necessary exchange with the industry.“ Tongji University was founded in 1907 by the German government in Shanghai and is today, with more than 35,000 students, is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China.
The partnership with Tongji University has built to date, especially the subsidiary Porsche Engineering. The provider of engineering services and the “School of Automotive Studies,” from exchange to topics from science, research, teaching, testing and practice. In November of 2018, you have organized for the first time together a conference of Experts at The Porsche Experience Center Shanghai 80 Top decision-makers discussed the latest developments in chassis technology.
In September 2018, Porsche and the Tongji University have also set up a fire Academy. It is located in the Experience Center and to professionals from the auto industry Knowledge of all aspects of brand management and strategy. Further cooperation projects are devoted to the study of urbanization trends in China, or Park solutions in Mega-cities.
In the future, the sports car manufacturer and the University want to expand their common fields of activity. So, the students benefit from the cooperation: in addition to attractive internships within the Porsche AG and its subsidiaries worldwide, the sport has made car manufacturers of its support for the Formula Student Team of the “School of Automotive Studies”. The aim is, of course, to inspire the budding experts, the sports car of the future build. Even now, many Alumni of Tongji University are working very successfully with Porsche.
Jens Puttfarcken, managing Director of Porsche China, and Professor Lijun Chang, Dean of the School of Automotive Studies, sign a letter of intent to the deepening of the partnership between Porsche and the Tongji University in Shanghai. Oliver Blume, Executive Board Chairman of Porsche AG (Fourth from left), and Xianglin Gu, Vice-President of the Tongji-University (Fourth from right) accompany the ceremony (photo: Porsche AG)
