On 18th November, President Pei Gang met with Mr. Cyrille Van Effenterre, President of ParisTech and Dr. Philippe Courtier, Director of Ecole des Ponts-ParisTech in Paris.

Pei introduced the latest development of 4+2 engineering education reform of Tongji University and proposed the Sino-French double degree programs based on the reform, Pei also asked for support and assistance from Paristech and Ecole des Ponts-ParisTech to facilitate the program. They further exchanged ideas and reached common understanding in terms of the launch of jointly-training Sino-French engineer program, the global impact of SIMBA program and implementation of high-level Sino-French research collaboration and joint laboratories.