Chengdu-Montpellier: home visits for both partner universities
While the UM's international relations department visited Chengdu during the International Exchange Month at the(UESTC), (UESTC), a Chinese delegation traveled to Montpellier on November 6 to strengthen cooperation between the two institutions.
For a month, photographs and videos showcased the University of Montpellier at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu. The exhibition was inaugurated on October 16 by François Pierrot, Vice President for International Relations at UM, accompanied by part of his team. It was an opportunity for him to speak to 600 Chinese students about the need to develop meaningful technologies that can help humanity tackle global challenges such as climate change.
Historical links
The Vice President also took advantage of this event to meet with UESTC school principals Cao Ping, Peng Lan, and Hu Jun. While the two cities have been twinned since 1981, the first twinning between a French city and a Chinese city, the cooperative partnerships and projects that unite the two universities have continued to develop. UESTC is also home to the Alliance Française in Chengdu and co-founded the Confucius Institute in Montpellier with UM.
Concrete and sustainable actions
Following this visit, UM welcomed a Chinese delegation on November 6. The agenda for this meeting included discussions on new joint projects, including a winter school in mathematics and engineering to be held at the Faculty of Science in 2026, as well as a presentation of LIRMM."UESTC is a long-standing and privileged partner with whom we intend to consolidate ties through concrete and sustainable actions," said François Pierrot. The delegation's visit ended with the signing of an inter-university cooperation agreement by Cao Ping, Chair of the UESTC Board of Directors, further strengthening the academic and scientific ties between the two institutions.
