Cooperation

Cooperation of the Bialystok University of Technology with partners from China

Bialystok University of Technology cooperates with universities and research centers in the People`s Republic of China under about 20 signed international agreements between universities.

Bilateral agreements constitute the basis for undertaking joint and increasingly diverse activities with our Chinese partners, for example such as:

Tianjin Chengjian University:

exchange of visiting professors;
double diploma program for Chinese students in the field of construction;
cooperation under the Erasmus + program (Partner Countries) enables the implementation of incoming and outgoing mobilities for the purpose of conducting lectures, training or studying;
establishment of the “International School of Engineering” in cooperation with TCU and the Cracow University of Technology. The project involves organizing the process of education for students from China at the TCU campus. Students can also come to Poland for 1-2 semesters of their studies as well as be taught on e-platform at the distance. It is a very innovative project and the only one of its kind in Poland so far. Its success is to be ensured by the accreditation of the Ministry of Education of the PRC and the full support of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. In order to keep the appropriate rank of the event, the signing of contracts for establishing the International School of Engineering took place in the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Warsaw, in May 2017. The ceremony of opening took place on September 27, 2020 in China.

Tianjin University of Technology:

a general agreement on cooperation and exchange enables scientific cooperation and mutual and free exchange of students.

Tianjin Normal University:

general cooperation agreement and the Agreement on Exchange and Study. BUT student received a scholarship from that university for a one-year study of Chinese in Tianjin, and TNU students were Erasmus + scholarship holders and completed part of their studies at BUT.

NingboTech University, former name: Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zheijiang University:

organization of a cyclical Polish-Chinese Summer School of Logistics;
double diploma agreement for students in the field of Logistics
the creation of a joint “International Institute of Logistics and Service Engineering”.

The aim of the project is to jointly conduct research and teaching activities in the field of logistics, service engineering and related areas. The Institute changed its name to the International Department of Logistics and Service Engineering.

exchange of visiting students and professors
awarding the title of Honorary Professor of BUT, Mr. Hao Wang
awarding the title of Honorary Professor of Zhejiang University, to BUT professor Nazarko.

“Agreement between the Universities of Chongqing City and the Conference of Rectors of Polish Technical Universities” signed in 2016.

The agreement between the members of Conference of Rectors of Polish Technical Universities and 7 universities of the city of Chongqing is aimed at developing mutual relations, cooperation to enrich culture, scientific development and strengthening friendly ties. This cooperation enables implementation of scholarship visits, organization of joint conferences, symposia and seminars. Later in 2017, the agreement concerning the establishment of the Polish-Chinese University Consortium – Sino-Polish University Consortium was signed in Beijing.

“Belt and Road” Sino-Polish University Consortium

Bialystok University of Technology is a member of the SPUC Consortium ,”Belt and Road” Sino-Polish University Consortium. The consortium of 12 Polish and 15 Chinese universities aims to strengthen relations between member institutions. It enables improving the quality of education, conducting joint research and innovative activities in the field of technology. As part of it, joint scientific and cultural events are organized to strengthen Polish-Chinese academic cooperation. They include, among others development of scientific research and new technologies, and exchange of students and employees, both in the field of science, as well as culture, art and sport.

An example of such activity was the first edition of the Polish-Chinese summer school for 29 students and 2 teachers from 15 different Chinese universities belonging to the “SPUC” Consortium. Bialystok University of Technology was responsible for the organization of the first “Sino-Polish Railway Express-Mutual Connectivity – Youth Summer Camp” for Chinese group.

Two-week program of stay of students from China, on July 13-26, 2019, was created with the financial support of Polish consortium universities` members. The summer school program included robotics workshops, culture and Polish language classes, visits to museums, culinary workshops, sports activities, meetings with Polish students. The participants visited Bialystok, Augustów, Białowieża, Warsaw, Cracow, Oświęcim and Katowice.

The Chinese part of the consortium organized, on mutuality basis, a camp for Polish participants. It took place on the July 1-14, 2019 in Beijing. Among the group of 13 students, 2 BUT students participated in that camp. The Chinese partners covered the entire costs of the stay and costs of the cultural program.

List of 15 Chinese consortium members:

Cooperation with local entities

One of our tasks is to promote and popularize Chinese language, culture and art among the local community, therefore our events may also be attended by people from outside our university.

On special request, we can organize a Chinese language course at local schools. However, it depends on the number of Chinese teachers currently cooperating with us. We can offer schools to organize a meeting with Chinese culture, art, calligraphy.

Those who are interested, please feel free to contact with us by e-mail: chinski [at] pb.edu.pl