Online Orientation for SJTU-MAI Dual Degree Program Class of 2019 Dual Bachelor Program and 2020 Dual Master Program

On September 18, 2020, the School of  Aeronautics and Astronautics (SAA) successfully held the 2020 Online Orientation for Dual Degree Program of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University-Moscow Aviation Institute. This freshman ceremony is for Russian students in the classes of 2019 dual bachelor degree program and the 2020 dual master degree program.

On the afternoon of September 18th, the freshman ceremony was held in classroom A229 of the Academy Building of SAA. Russian students participated in the live broadcast on ZOOM. Those attending the offline ceremony of the SAA were: Deputy Dean Prof. Zhan Xingqun and Prof. Chen Fang, 2019 undergraduate class teacher Xu Hui, 2020 master class teacher Zhang Bo, Academic Affairs Office Zhou Yanping and Huang Sufeng, Internationalization Office Gao Shan and Xu Yongjian of the Student Affairs Office. The ceremony was presided over by Gao Shan of Internationalization Office.

At the beginning of the opening ceremony, the two deputy deans in charge of graduate and undergraduate education respectively gave welcome speeches to the coming Russian students. “Under the special circumstances of this year's epidemic, although our Russian students cannot come to Shanghai Jiao Tong University on time as in previous years, the university's enthusiasm for students has not diminished.” Said Professor Zhan Xingqun, “That SAA warmly welcomes 2020 students to join.” Professor Chen Fang also welcomed Russian students to visit SJTU in person in the near future and study together with Chinese students.

After that, Ms. Gao Shan from the Internationalization Office gave an introduction to the basic situation and internationalization level of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, as well as the history and basic situation of the SAA Academy.

Professor Xu Hui and Professor Zhang Bo, as the freshman class teachers for the undergraduate and master degree programs, sincerely welcome all the students.

Teachers Zhou Yanping and Huang Sufeng of the Office of Academic Affairs prepared the academic requirements for undergraduates and graduate students for Russian freshmen, and Ms. Gao Shan from the Internationalization Office made the presentation on their behalf.

The Ideological and Political Teacher Xu Yongjian gave a speech in Russian and once again welcomed the Russian students who participated in the online ceremony and explicated the specific requirements of Shanghai Jiaotong University to the students.

Finally, the ceremony came to an end with the Russian classmates kept their photos online.

Under the background of the national "One Belt One Road" initiative and the Sino-Russian wide-body passenger aircraft project CR929, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Moscow Aviation Institute launched the undergraduate double degree and master double degree program under the cooperation framework of the Sino-Russian Joint Research Institute established in 2017, Aiming to jointly cultivate elite students with worldwide vision and being capable of "learning from the past, creating the present and designing the future". The program has recruited students for 4 years since its inception, and has received strong support from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and China Scholarship Council, which also successfully won the 2020 SJTU Teaching Special Award. In the future, the School of Astronautics and Aeronautics will continue to build high-quality scientific research platforms for international academic exchanges for outstanding students, and promote the construction of "Double First-class" concept of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.