Created in 2019 by the joint will of Aix-Marseille University and Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), the WUT-AMU Franco-Chinese Institute is a Chinese-French cooperative educational institution of public utility (IFC) enjoying the status of a non-independent and non-profit legal entity. This project is part of AMU's strategy of internationalization of teaching and research and aims to increase the visibility and attractiveness of AMU in China.
Double degree programs
The partnership established between Aix-Marseille University and Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) is the result of a common desire to participate in the emergence of double-degree programs in Life Sciences, Microbiology and Health Biology through a bilingual and innovative training framework.
The WUT-AMU institute offers three double-degree courses:
- Bachelor of Life Sciences (2 tracks: Cell Biology and Biochemistry) / Faculty of Sciences
- Master Microbiology / Faculty of Sciences
- Master's degree in health biology, immunology option / Faculty of Medical and Paramedical Sciences
At the end of the validation of their studies, the students will obtain the diplomas of the two partner universities.
The forecasted number of students until 2023 is :
- 150 students maximum in Bachelor's degree per academic year
- 20 students maximum in Master per academic year
Students will have the opportunity to study (in Bachelor's degree) and to do internships (in Master's degree), according to the capacities defined annually within the laboratories and the study programs of AMU.
Several hundred Chinese students will be trained in various science specialties, according to French higher education criteria. A new pool of thesis students will thus be created. In the long term, this partnership should encourage the attraction of excellent Chinese doctoral students to AMU and the development of partnerships in the field of research.
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French Consulate in Wuhan / Visit to WUT on April 27, 2022
Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)
French Embassy in China / Franco-Chinese Institutes
Genesis of the partnership
- 2014: Signature of a first agreement
- June 25, 2018: Official signing ceremony of the framework cooperation agreement for the creation of the WUT-AMU Institute.
- February 2019 : Official opening of the WUT-AMU Institute
- Start of the training courses, taught in French and Chinese.
- June 2021: Signature by Presidents Eric BERTON and Qingjie ZHANG of two pedagogical and financial implementation agreements based on the 2018 Framework Agreement. Instruction within the AMU authorities aiming at the creation of Double-Diploma of Bachelor's and Master's degrees within the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Medical and Paramedical Sciences.