TUM Innovation Experience — Cooperation with IN ThoughtBridge Co., Shanghai
In November 2024 IN ThoughtBridge from Shanghai, China, and TUM International GmbH, Munich signed a cooperation contract, reinforcing the shared commitment to fostering global academic exchange.
On behalf of Wilson Wei, Managing Director of IN ThoughtBridge, Deputy Managing Director 余洋 Sophie Yu traveled to Germany to sign the agreement alongside Friederike Hettinger, Managing Director of TUM International GmbH.
For the past two years, this collaboration has enabled Chinese students, teaching staff, and university administrators to engage in the “TUM Innovation Experience program”, immersing themselves in Munich’s and TUM’s cutting-edge innovation ecosystem.
We have found our contact at ThoughtBridge Martynas Gudeliauskas to be a very reliable, competent and absolutely trustworthy partner who is always a pleasure to work with. Martynas Gudeliauskas is a very experienced Lithuanian who has been living in China for many years and now has an excellent command of the language as well as cultural understanding. He has already come to Germany and other European countries with Chinese delegations several times.
Once again, Martynas and his colleague Sarah are accompanying a group of Chinese students from 11 Chinese universities who have come to TUM for a two-week Winter School. The students come from the following universities:
1️⃣ Beijing Institute of Technology
2️⃣ Chongqing University
3️⃣ Hunan University
4️⃣ Nanjing University
5️⃣ NPU (Northwestern Polytechnical University)
6️⃣ Shanxi University
7️⃣ Shenzhen University
8️⃣ South China University of Technology
9️⃣ Suzhou University
🔟 University of Electronic Science and Technology
1️⃣1️⃣ Xi’an Jiaotong University
💡 Normally, our “TUM Innovation Experience program” includes:
✅ TUM campus tours – experiencing the university’s world-class facilities
✅ Munich ecosystem exploration – engaging with leading industry players
✅ Trainings & workshops e.g. with Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management, TUM School of Engineering and Design
✅ Scientific lectures by experts such as TUM and LMU professors
✅ Prototyping sessions – e.g. at Makerspace
✅ Peer exchanges – fostering cross-cultural collaboration
This partnership embodies the spirit of global innovation and academic excellence! 🚀
We look forward to continuing this journey and empowering the next generation of innovators!
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