In the afternoon of December 9th, 2021，SZTU held the appointment ceremony of Chair Professor in conference room 403 of C-3 Building. The appointment ceremony was hosted by Xu Gang, Deputy Director of the SZTU. Dean of the Business School Prof. Holger Haldenwang, Dean of College of Urban Transportation and Logistics Prof. Franz Raps and Professor Liu Qingxia, Dean of Julong College were appointed as the Chair Professors. President Ruan Shuangchen attended the appointment ceremony and presented appointment certificates to these three professors.
At the appointment ceremony, President Ruan expressed warm congratulations to the three professors and thanked them for their important contributions to the university discipline construction, talent cultivation and university-enterprise cooperation. President Ruan mentioned that Shenzhen Technology University, as a new university with a high starting point, high-level and high standard of construction, could not have been founded from scratch without the support of the university's international and high-level faculties. SZTU will continue to fully absorb the advanced managerial experience from first-class technical university in Germany, Switzerland and other developed countries to cultivate undergraduate or above level with international vision, entrepreneurial spirit and innovation ability of high level engineers, designers and other high quality applied talents as well as to SZTU into one of the top tier applied science universities.
Deputy DirectorXu Gang introduced in detail the academic background, scientific research, achievements of international cooperation and university-enterprise cooperation as well as technical expertise of these three professors. Subsequently, three professors delivered their acceptance speeches respectively. Among them,Dean of the Business School Prof. Holger Haldenwangrecalled the milestones he witnessed and participated in since he joined the founding team in 2017. He also said that he was very grateful and proud to contribute to the preparation and development of the university and witness the rapid development. He will continue to contribute to the development of Shenzhen Technology University withfull commitment and dedication.
Text & Photos: Li Xueqi
