Tongji University and Aalto University in Finland have agreed on a double degree offered within the International Design Business Management (IDBM) programme.
Students completing the double degree will receive degree certificates from both universities. The agreement states an aim for the universities to begin teaching the double degree programme in autumn 2011. IDBM is a multidisciplinary MA programme combining the different areas of expertise taught atAaltoUniversity.
TongjiUniversityandAaltoUniversityestablished a strategic partnership and set up Sino-Finnish Centre inShanghaiin May 2010.
Double degree to produce international experts
IDBM is a joint teaching and research programme ofAaltoUniversity’sSchoolofEconomics,SchoolofArtand Design and its four Schools of Technology. It trains developers and leaders of global business by bringing together future experts in design, economics and technology while still students. The IDBM Programme has been offered since 1995 at the three universities that have since merged to formAaltoUniversity.
Twelve students from the Aalto University IDBM programme and 12 students fromTongjiUniversitywill be selected for the double degree. The students will complete the first year of their MA degree in their home university and the second year in the partner university. TheAaltoUniversitystudents who have completed the programme will receive a degree certificate fromAaltoUniversityand an MA certificate fromTongjiUniversity.
The Schools of Aalto University have previously offered double degrees with European Universities in the field of technology and economics.TongjiUniversityis the first non-European university to offer a double degree toAaltoUniversitystudents.
"Chinaplays an important part in the internalization of bothAaltoUniversityandFinlandin general. We expect the IDBM double degree to provide our students with an excellent background for careers combining design and business inFinland,Chinaor anywhere else in the world," says Hannu Seristö, Vice President of Aalto University.
