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INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

International Materials Science and Engineering education and research network

Alternative title: Internasjonalt utdannings- og forskningsnettverk innen materialteknologi

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

In 2022, we hosted 3 exchanging Ph.D students from one of the research partners, Chongqing University, China. Each of the students stayed at NTNU for one year, collaborating with 3 different professors in Physical Metallurgy group. Several joint publications have been made in the last two years. In 2023, as the restrictions on travelling related to Covid in China were removed, could arrange more collaborations and visiting with our international partners. In July, Prof. Yanjun Li visited all the research partners in China, discussing about publications and making presentations. More importantly, in October 2023, supported by IntMat project, the 7th Chinese Norwegian Symposium on light metals Energy (CNS7) was successfully held in Tianjin, China. About 250 professors, researchers and Ph.D students, including 12 from Norway, participated the conference. In November, Prof. Yanjun Li participated the Symposium on advanced structure materials, held by Chongqing University. Prof. Knut Marthinsen participated on line. In 2023, we have also planned to invite some professors and Ph.D students of Chinese partners visiting NTNU. Unfortunately, due to the export control regularities in Norway, we could not succeed.

The IntMat project described in this application is fully in line with the overall objectives of INTPART: To develop world-class research and education in Norway through long-term international cooperation. This partnership center will be equipped with specialised infrastructures and competences at the level of the best in the world. Hence, long-term partnerships with high quality universities and industries within the materials domain in US and China are crucial. Therefore, international partners of high relevance and top quality across China and US have been carefully selected. Together with the Chinese and American partners, there is a big potential for NTNU to develop an international leading environment within education, research and innovation in materials science and engineering. The existing research-based education within Materials Science at NTNU will be further strengthened via such a network, i.e. a broader field of new research knowledge from different international partners will be introduced in courses and as part of student training. At the same time, a frequent exchange of academic staff, young researchers and students with the partner institutions will further improve the education level of NTNU. Seminars, workshops and symposiums among the partners, and especially the double master degree and joint PhD supervision will broaden the perspective of students and young researchers.

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INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research