Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Institute of Future Technologies was officially inaugurated on August 19 with CATL Chief Manufacturing Officer Ni Jun as its dean, jiemian.com reported Thursday.
In May, the Ministry of Education of China announced the first list of future technology colleges, and 12 Chinese universities, including Shanghai Jiao Tong University, were selected.
These universities will focus on future energy and future health technologies, creating a cross-fertilization of disciplines and a highly internationalized institute of future technologies.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academy of Future Technologies aims to create an internationalized cutting-edge cross-cutting research and teaching platform to cultivate international, complex science and technology innovation talents that meet the development of the times and the future needs of the country, jiemian.com cited the university Thursday.
The institute will carry out international scientific research cooperation, focusing on forward-looking and fundamental frontier disciplines, strengthen cross-fertilization of disciplines, achieving original and breakthrough results with significant impact, and building a highly internationalized, information-based and intelligent management service support system, according to the report.
Ni Jun is currently a special advisor to the president of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the dean emeritus of the university's Michigan College. He was hired in 2020 as CATL's Chief Manufacturing Officer and Co-President of Engineering Manufacturing and R&D Systems.
