In October 2018, the delegation led by Zhang Laibin, the President of China University of Petroleum-Beijing (CUPB), visited the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and University of Stavanger (UIS). On behalf of CUPB, Zhang Laibin signed memorandums of cooperation with these universities. The head of the Institute of Marine Engineering and International Office of CUPB accompanied the visit.
Founded in 1829, DTU is famous as one of the world's oldest universities of science and technology. Adhering to the concept of Academic creation and industrial integration, it is the main institution for cultivating senior engineers and technicians. The two universities had a long-term cooperation basis, and signed two memorandums of cooperation in 2013 and 2016. They discussed the cooperation between the two universities in scientific research cooperation, student exchanges, teacher exchanges, short-term lectures, summer schools, etc. and conducted in-depth discussions on issues like establishing the "Worldwide Energy University Network" platform.
NTNU is a prestigious science and engineering university with a high reputation in Europe. It has cultivated a large number of highly qualified engineers for Norway and the world, and it is a global leader in shipbuilding, petroleum, fishery, medicine, computer technology and nanotechnology. The two universities signed a memorandum of cooperation and the delegation visited the State Key Laboratory of Marine Technology of NTNU, and conducted in-depth discussions in scientific research with Prof. Torgeir Moan, a scholar in marine engineering with high reputation in the world, and an academician of the three Academies (Royal Norwegian Academy of Sciences, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Norwegian Academy of Science and Literature) and they reached a number of cooperation intentions.
UIS is one of the famous public universities in Norway and it has the leadership in petroleum engineering and marine engineering research. The delegation conducted in-depth discussions on petroleum engineering and ocean engineering issues, which are issues of common concern of the two universities, with the representatives of UIS. The two universities signed a memorandum of cooperation and discussed the research cooperation in the field of offshore oil.
Eldor is a world-renowned company that specializes in offshore oil safety production systems. Its business scope includes industrial system lifetime extension, control digitization, and alarm-management companies. The two sides discussed about the engineering technology and artificial intelligence, as well as the cooperation prospects in student internship, staff training and scientific research cooperation.
During the visit of Denmark and Norway, Zhang Laibin visited alumni representatives, encouraged them to make unremitting efforts to their career and hoped them to return to Alma Mater. During the visit, the delegation accessed to more opportunities of inter-university cooperation and university-enterprise cooperation. This visit expanded the potential of student cultivation, academic exchanges and cooperation in energy disciplines and international project cooperation with the "Worldwide Energy University Network" platform, which lay a good foundation for the strengthening of the high-end cooperation between China University of Petroleum and the Universities of Energy and the Nordic countries.
(Edited by Lu Ji and Xiaoyuan Fan)
