Solemn opening of the second academic year of joint MAI-SJTU Master’s degree program
September 3, 2018 at MAI was held a solemn opening of the second academic year of the Master’s double degree program of Moscow Aviation Institute and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). Rector of MAI Mikhail Pogosyan and President of SJTU Zhongqin Lin took part in the opening ceremony.
“You will get better conditions for studying at MAI. I congratulate you on the beginning of the second academic year! Try to become the best experts in the aerospace field of the future and promote communication between our two countries!”, - said Zhongqin Lin in his greeting speech.
In 2017 it was decided to start a joint Master’s degree program between MAI and SJTU. The sponsors of the educational project became companies in Russia and China: the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), the United Engine Corporation (JSC UEC), the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and the Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC). The aim of study is to form a personnel reserve for the Russian-Chinese project of a wide-body long-range aircraft CR 929.
Russian and Chinese students study together in English in three directions: “Design of aircraft structures from polymer composite materials”, “Technologies of life-cycle management for products in the design of modern aircraft”, “Propulsion Engineering”.
The duration of the program is 2.5 years. The first academic year students have already spent in China, at SJTU, the second educational year will be held at MAI.
Rector of MAI Mikhail Pogosyan and President of SJTU Zhongqin Lin solemnly congratulated students of Master's program with the beginning of the second academic year.Mikhail Pogosyan had also presented MAI to students and told about goals and opportunities of joint educational program. Students summed up the work on the project over the past year in Shanghai, and discussed plans and tasks for the second year of study.
During the year, students will be study at MAI on special subjects in each of the directions. At the end of the academic year they will have to present their master's degree thesis. Upon successful completion of the program each student will receive two diplomas: a diploma of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a diploma of Moscow Aviation Institute.
“Today, the industry requires new specialists, and together with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, we launched an educational program that will train the leaders, who will change the future. Specialists of joint Russian-Chinese educational program will be in demand on a wide variety of international projects. Among Russian and Chinese colleagues from the industry there is a big request to attract graduates of the program to solve the practical problems of the aviation industry”, - said Rector of MAI Mikhail Pogosyan in his welcome speech.
The partnership of the two universities is developing at a steady pace, and the Moscow-Shanghai-Moscow direction is becoming more popular among students every year. This year will be held the second intake for MAI-SJTU joint Master’s degree program, and first-year students will again go to Shanghai. In 2019, in addition to the master's program, two partner universities plan to open a double degree bachelor's program. Moreover, MAI and SJTU signed an agreement on academic mobility of their students.
