Recently, Martina Hirayama, State Secretary of the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), led a delegation consisting of representatives from Swiss research institutions and university presidents to visit College of Smart Energy, SJTU.

The delegation included Felix Rosenberger, Scientific Advisor and Deputy Head of the Bilateral Affairs Division at SERI; Günther Dissertori, President of ETH Zurich; Stéphanie Lacour, Vice President of EPFL; Michael Schaepman, President of the University of Zurich; Christophe Champod, President of the University of Lausanne; Martine Collart, Vice President of the University of Geneva; Virginia Richter, President of the University of Bern; Franco Cavalli, Chair of the Foundation of the Swiss Institute for Cancer Research; Torsten Schwede, Chair of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); as well as officials from the Embassy of Switzerland in China and other leading administrators of top Swiss universities and research institutions.

Vice Dean Han Dong and Associate Professor Zhang Chen introduced the college's features of integration of industry and education to the delegation, and presented its achievements in talent cultivation and scientific research in smart energy and low-carbon transition. The delegation toured the Institute's Energy Square and Science and Technology Building, and spoke highly of the development of the Institute's demonstration platforms for energy technologies and its innovation practices.

This visit has broadened communication channels between the college and high-level Swiss research institutions. Seizing this opportunity, the college will continue to explore pragmatic cooperation such as research exchanges and faculty-student exchanges, and steadily advance international scientific and educational exchanges in the field of smart energy.