Representative of the Ministry of Science and Culture of the German State of Lower Saxony for University Cooperation between Lower Saxony and China
Cooperation with Chinese partners has become increasingly important for Lower Saxony's universities and research institutions. The large number of successful cooperation projects underlines a scientific partnership at eye level, which is not limited to individual disciplines and subject areas, but enables an open academic exchange.
The Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture supports the universities and universities of applied sciences of Lower Saxony in their cooperation efforts and accompanies the mutual exchange with great strategic interest. In October 2018, the former president of Clausthal University of Technology, Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanschke, has been appointed Representative of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture for university cooperation between Lower Saxony and China.
Prof. Hanschke has long-standing and trust-proven contacts in the Chinese scientific landscape and sees himself as an ambassador of the Lower Saxony universities to the Chinese partners.
Prof. Dr. Thomas HanschkeRepresentative of the Ministry of Science and Culture
for University Cooperation between Lower Saxony and China
c / o Clausthal University of Technology
Arnold-Sommerfeld-Straße 6
38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Germany
thomas.hanschke@tu-clausthal.de The universities in Lower Saxony have also set up the China network to intensify cooperation with Chinese partners in science and research and to exchange views on the strategic framework of Lower Saxony-Chinese cooperation. In three working groups, specific aspects of cooperation are addressed in a special way:
1. “Study and Teaching” headed by Prof. Dr. Hendrik Lackner, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück
2. “Research” headed by Prof. Dr. Steffi Robak, Leibniz Universität Hannover
3. “China Competence” headed by Prof. Dr. Hiltraut Casper-Hehne, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
The Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture supports and accompanies the cooperation of the Lower Saxony universities with Chinese partners. In the ministry, Dr. Marcus Beiner (marcus.beiner@mwk.niedersachsen.de) and Dr. Till Manning (till.manning@mwk.niedersachsen.de) in Section 15 "Europe, International" are responsible for scientific cooperation with China.