On the morning of November 12, Professor Thomas Lippert, Head of the Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments at the Paul Scherrer Institute(PSI), Switzerland, Adjunct Professor at ETH Zurich, and Principal Investigator at WPI-I2CNER, Kyushu University, Japan, visited the School of International Education at HUST. He was accompanied by Professor GUO Limin from the School of Environmental Science and Engineering.
Ms. YAN Wei from the School of International Education presented an overview of the historical development of HUST's international education, provided an in-depth introduction to the university's English-taught master's and doctoral programs, and highlighted HUST's International Summer School programs. Professor Lippert spoke highly of the university's internationalization achievements, and the two sides held in-depth discussions on encouraging more Swiss students to study in China and expanding institutional cooperation between China and Switzerland.
Professor Lippert is an internationally renowned scholar in materials science. He previously served as President of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Applied Physics A. He is also an expert under the group-based foreign talent introduction program of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China. The visit aimed to further expand high-quality student mobility from Switzerland and other European countries and to deepen educational and scientific cooperation between China and Europe.
瑞士保罗·谢勒研究所Thomas Lippert教授来访我院
11月12日上午，瑞士保罗·谢勒研究所多尺度材料实验实验室主任、苏黎世联邦理工学院兼职教授、日本九州大学WPI-I2CNER首席研究员Thomas Lippert教授访问我院。环境科学与工程学院郭利民教授陪同参会。
国际教育学院招生与对外合作办公室严薇向Lippert教授系统介绍了华中科技大学国际教育发展历程，深入解读了学校全英文授课硕博项目，并重点展示了华中科技大学国际暑期学校项目。Lippert教授对学校的国际化发展成效表示高度认可，双方围绕促进瑞士学生来华交流、拓展校际合作等议题进行了深入探讨。
Lippert教授是国际材料科学领域知名学者，曾任欧洲材料研究学会（E-MRS）主席，现任《Applied Physics A》主编，系人社部国家外国专家局团体引智项目专家。此次来访旨在进一步拓展瑞士及其他欧洲国家高校优质生源渠道，深化对欧教育科技合作。
Editor: YAN Wei
