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International Collaboration

The Colleges of Architecture and Urban Planning place great importance on international collaboration and exchange. This has been one of the fundamental characteristics of CAUP, through which we have achieved great progress and important breakthroughs in recent years.

We have been actively collaborating with three regions: Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. Additionally, we have established a multilevel, long-term relationship and exchange network with more than 20 internationally renowned Universities in Germany, France, the United States, Britain, Italy, Australia, Japan, and Singapore. A collaborative network covering seven points of focus enriches CAUP’s educational platform; joint masters’ and doctoral programs, joint studios, visiting scholars, summer school, guest professors, faculty exchanges and student exchanges have all been established.

We have been collaborating and developing relations with international organizations and government institutions such as the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT), the United Nations Housing Rights Program (UNHRP), the International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (ICCROM), the International Union of Architects (UIA), the World Bank and Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. Step-by-step, we have changed the traditional model of educational collaboration into an exhaustive model which includes teaching, research, practice, and management. UNESCO also established its World Heritage Institute of Training and Research – Asia and Pacific (Shanghai) at CAUP; the first UNESCO Institute of Cultural Heritage in China. Representing the Asia Pacific Region, CAUP, together with four other partner universities, has formed the academic core of the serial programs initiated by the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. The Asia Pacific organization’s first round of Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction was conducted at Tongji University in 2005 and the 2007 Holcim Forum was also successfully hosted at Tongji. CAUP　was also selected to host the Archiprix International 2007. In addition, 1,300 planning and design schools from a global field were exhibited at Tongji in 2007. This field included designs achieving “excellent graduation design” recognition.

Recently, CAUP has hosted a series of important international conferences and a symposium, confirming the College of Architecture and Urban Planning’s position as one of the world’s leading schools in the fields of architecture and urban planning. In July 2001, the First World Planning School Congress was held successfully at CAUP and the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN) was founded and has been operating at our College since.

Since 2001, Tongji has subsequently hosted many other international conferences, including Recontres Franco-Chinoise: Ville et Architecture a l’horizon 2010, the First International Conference on Eco-city Planning, the International Symposium on World Heritage Conservation 2006, the First International Landscape Studies Education Symposium, and the Sixth International Symposium on Asia Pacific Architecture.

CAUP has also made continuous efforts in international collaboration in education. In the past three years, the College has sent more than 550 exchange students to Germany, France, the United States, Korea, Switzerland, Spain, Australia, Austria, Italy, and other countries. In 2006, international students from over 10 different countries comprised nearly 10% of the total student body. Joint design studios have become the focus of many undergraduate and postgraduate student exchange programs. Over 20 joint studios have been integrated into CAUP teaching programs each year. Each summer, 30 international students from over 10 countries are invited to participate in our annual summer school program since its inception in 2005. Sino-Germany and Sino-France dual degree masters programs have also been launched.

The College has organized a Master Forum and a large number of symposiums, and has invited world renowned architects and theorists as lecturers. Invitees include, Mario Botta, Peter Cook, Robert Venturi, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Hall, and John Friedmann. Their participation has formed a rich atmosphere of academic communication. Additionally, over 100 lectures are given by international scholars each year. World renowned architects and designers such as I.M. Pei, Kisho Kurokawa, Charles Correa, Luigi Colani, J.P. Viguier, and Richard Rogers have all been recognized as honorary professors of the College. CAUP continues to experiment with various models of international academic exchange to further enrich our teaching efforts and resources.