Chinesisch-Deutsches Hochschulkolleg () is the Chinese German College for Postgraduate Studies affiliated with Tongji University located in Shanghai,

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History

The idea to combine educational activities in a joint Chinese-German university college for postgraduate studies dates back to the visit of former German chancellor Dr. Helmut Kohl in November 1993. Negotiations between China and Germany started in 1994, and in the following year the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) was assigned the realization of this project. The Shanghai "Chinesisch-Deutsches Hochschulkolleg" or CDHK, as the college for postgraduate studies is called for short, was finally opened in February 1998. On October 7, 2002, the college moved into new modern building in

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Objectives

As an institute at Tongji University, the CDHK today offers

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in the following fields: *

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( automation, information technology) * mechanical engineering ( production engineering,

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) * economics (

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, marketing, financial management, economic law, actuarial science) According to German educational standards, the curriculum is oriented towards broad knowledge and practical experience. Thus, the CDHK is able to train junior staff with both leadership qualities and experience in two cultures for the benefit of Chinese and German companies in China.

Course of studies

The postgraduate studies at CDHK take three years and start with intensive

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training in the first semester. From the second to the third semester students proceed their language studies in addition to their respective field studies and will attend a language test. As an end of the

training course, all the students are obliged to take a middle-level German test and received a

certificate issued by German College of Tongji University. The students attend classes of Chinese professors who themselves have studied in Germany for a considerable time or finished their

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at a German university. Moreover, each semester CDHK invites German tutors for one or two weeks to hold German language lectures in their respective fields. Basically all the courses are co-conducted by Chinese and German Professors.

Double Masters Program

In the fourth semester students have the chance to go to Germany for an internship in a company and/or study at one of its partner universities. In the later case, students must have passed TestDAF, a German language test, with at least a score of 16(on a 20 scale). In electro technics there even is the chance to prepare for an international final degree at the Technical University of Munich, the so-called "double master" program. In the year of 2008, this "double master " program was extended to the students of mechanical engineering with the partner university of

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This program is sponsored partially by DAAD. Several graduates already work on their PhD either in Germany or China.

Perspectives

The Chinese-German College for Postgraduate Studies is sponsored by Tongji-University and the DAAD as well as by numerous companies that have among others donated eighteen chairs and support the project by presentation, visits and contacts. It is the first educational joint-venture of this dimension, enjoying the support of both governments, and has the advantage of the close cooperation with its entrepreneurial sponsors.

Partner Universities

RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...

* Berlin Institute of Technology * Ruhr University Bochum * Technische Universität Darmstadt * Goethe Business School, Frankfurt *

Kühne Logistics University Kuehne Logistics University – Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Logistik und Unternehmensführung (KLU) is a private, state-recognized business school (Wirtschaftshochschule) based in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded by the Kühne Stiftung (Kuehn ...

, Hamburg *

Bucerius Law School Bucerius Law School (pronounced ) is a private law school located in Hamburg, Germany. The school is the first private law school in Germany. It admits approximately 100 undergraduate students per year. Origins and structure Bucerius Law Schoo ...

, Hamburg *

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 w ...

* University of Mainz * University of Mannheim *

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

* Technical University Munich * Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg * University of Münster * European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel * University of St. Gallen * WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar

External links

CDHK Official website
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