In July, GU Wei, the Dean of the School of Economics and Management, visited the Politecnico di Milano and signed a cooperation agreement on behalf of USTB with the POLIMI Graduate School of Management. The delegation was led by ZHANG Dalin, the Vice Chancellor and the Secretary General of the Discipline Inspection Committee, aiming to deepen the exchanges and collaboration between the two universities and continuously promote the development of USTB’s international exchanges to a new level.

At the meeting, both sides discussed topics such as talent cultivation and academic exchanges. They engaged in in-depth communication and reached cooperative agreements on aspects of the visiting scholar program for teaching researchers, joint doctoral student training, undergraduate student exchanges, and dual-degree programs, thereby comprehensively deepening cooperation across multiple regions and jointly promoting the internationalization of higher education.

The scene of signing the Cooperation Agreement

Politecnico di Milano was established in 1863 and is located in Milan, Italy. It is one of the top polytechnic universities in Europe and the world, ranking 98th in the 2026 QS World University Rankings and first in Italy. The POLIMI Graduate School of Management has performed exceptionally well in international rankings from the Financial Times, Bloomberg, The Economist, and QS. Its MBA and online MBA programs are among the top European business schools and the best in the world. At the same time, the school has received triple accreditation, including the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), and the Association of MBAs (AMBA).