The signing ceremony took place in conjunction with a large Danish trade mission in The Republic Of Korea at which HRH Crown Prince Frederik and several Danish ministers were also participating.

The two presidents also signed an agreement on research collaboration within the development of offshore wind turbines, a field in which both universities possess unique and complementary competencies.

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Agreement opens up for dual degrees

The partnership agreements give students from DTU and KAIST the chance to spend two semesters studying at each other’s universities and thereby acquire a dual degree from the two universities.

Students on DTU’s MSc programs Engineering Design and Applied Mechanics, Electrical Engineering and Engineering Acoustics can now choose to spend a significant part of their studies attending KAIST’s master program in Mechanical Engineering – and vice versa. These partnership agreements now bring the total number of dual degree master programs between DTU and KAIST to five.

On signing the agreements, DTU President Anders Bjarklev said:

“At DTU, we are delighted that we have now expanded our collaboration with KAIST, one of the world’s leading technical universities. Korea is a country where growth and progress are being generated through education, research and innovation. Within education, the dual degree partnerships give our students a unique opportunity to enhance their business appeal through knowing about Asia and Korean conditions in particular as a result of such a dual degree program. The joint education agreements also provide a sound basis for future research partnerships. So we are delighted that our already fruitful collaboration with KAIST and Korea has passed another key milestone.”

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Close Collaboration on green technology and growth

The agreements specifically result from DTU’s and KAIST’s close collaboration on green technology and growth, work which has developed over the years and which last year saw the establishment of a joint ‘Korean-Danish/Danish-Korean Green Technology Research Centre’. The centre will serve as a framework for DTU and KAIST’s joint research into new sustainable solutions that will benefit both business and society at large. Research partnerships have already been established under the auspices of the centre within water technology, which aims to ensure stable water supplies, and within biosustainability, where methods for the sustainable production of chemicals, drugs, materials and biofuels will be developed.

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Source: DTU