Shanghai: The first DNV scholarship at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) was awarded last week. Six students from SJTU’s School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering (NAOCE) won the DNV scholarship for 2007.
The scholarship agreement with SJTU was signed in early 2007. According to the agreement, DNV will sponsor scholarships to outstanding undergraduates and postgraduates of SJTU for a period of 5 years.
DNV’s Vice President and Area Chair for Greater China, Bjorn K. Haugland, and the Deputy Secretary of the NAOCE’s Party Council, Li Hongliang, attended the Scholarship Award Ceremony held at SJTU.
Mr Haugland awarded the scholarship to the six winners and congratulated them, saying: “We have all witnessed the rapid growth of the Chinese economy over the years. Technology, innovation and education are fundamental pillars to support this growth process. As a world leading class society with a 120-year history in China, DNV is happy to provide support and drive the talent development in China.”
Mr Li expressed his appreciation of DNV at the ceremony, adding: “We are grateful that DNV established these scholarships at SJTU a year ago. I hope our winners will continue to study hard and be very successful in the future.”
DNV is also supporting the maritime industry in Greater China by providing extensive training courses to improve the technological expertise of the industry practitioners. DNV has so far established five maritime academies - in Dalian, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
DNV has international cooperation agreements with leading universities such as MIT, Stanford, ITT and NTNU (the Norwegian University of Science and Technology).
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Date: 2008-03-28