On October 9th, 2026, Professor Paul Jennings, Dean for Research at WMG, University of Warwick, together with Professor James Marco, Professor of Battery Systems and Head of the Battery Systems, and Professor Stuart Coles, Vice Dean for research, paid a visit to ECUST. Professor Lou Gaoxiang, Vice Dean of ECUST School of Business, Professor Wu Yifan, Head of the Department of Management Science and Engineering, Professor Yan Hongbin, Associate Professor Ren Hongtao, Sun Zhengwei, Deputy Head of the Department of Management Science and Engineering, Liu Xianshan, Executive Director of the Professional Degree Education Centre, and Pan Xuejing, Deputy Director of the International Office, received the visiting delegation.

    At the forum, Lou Gaoxiang, on behalf of the School, extended a warm welcome to the Warwick delegation and gave a brief overview of the University and the School’s disciplinary development, scientific-research innovation and international-co-operation initiatives. Professor Paul Jennings expressed gratitude for ECUST’s hospitality and outlined WMG’s strengths and features in engineering research, industrial collaboration and postgraduate training. Both sides then held in-depth exchanges covering respective flagship disciplines, research layouts, joint PhD training and international project co-operation, and explored possibilities for deeper collaboration in relevant fields in the future.

   Prior to the forum, accompanied by ECUST staff members, the Warwick delegation toured the University History Museum, the Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Centre, the Institute of Clean-Coal Technology and Teaching Building No. 4, gaining insights into ECUST’s development history, research-platform development and representative research achievements.

     During the visit, the Warwick delegation also visited three enterprises: SAIC Passenger Vehicle Company, Qingtao Power Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Saisai New Materials Co., Ltd. They conducted field investigations and exchanges on industrial applications and technological advances in new-energy vehicles, solid-state batteries and lightweight polymer materials.

    This visit has further deepened mutual understanding between ECUST and the University of Warwick and laid a solid foundation for practical future co-operation in scientific research, talent development and international exchanges.