Japanese students on a scouting trip to Montpellier
A delegation from Tohoku University visited the campuses of the University of Montpellier from February 8 to 14. The delegation consisted of two representatives from the international relations office, two faculty members, and fourteen students, as part of the internationalization strategy of the university, which is based in Sendai in the Tohoku region. The purpose of the visit was to promote study abroad opportunities among Japanese students and to establish concrete initiatives under a university partnership agreement between the Faculty of Sciences at Montpellier and Tohoku University, covering degree programs in chemistry, mechanical and materials engineering, earth, water, and environmental sciences, as well as master’s programs across all disciplines, for a period of five years.
This type of agreement makes it possible to define the terms of a partnership, particularly with regard to mobility (students, administrative staff, and Professors , and faculty researchers) and scientific cooperation. Accompanied by representatives from the University of Montpellier, the Japanese delegation visited École Polytech Montpellier and toured the Faculty of Sciences campus as well as the Faculty of Pharmacy before taking a brief tour of the laboratories, including: the Montpellier Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics, and Microelectronics (LIRMM), the Montpellier University Space Center (CSUM), the Laboratory of Mechanics and Civil Engineering (LMGC), and the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE).