Purdue partners with Greek universities, chamber of commerce
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Purdue University on Monday announced new collaborations and partnerships with four Greek research universities and the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.
Purdue President Mung Chiang met in late May with officials from National Technical University of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Democritus University of Thrace and the University of Patras.
They signed Memoranda of Understanding for academic, research and innovation collaboration and additional study abroad opportunities for students. Officials are in talks about joint programs, surrounding physics, computer science, electrical engineering and biological sciences, with an eye toward workforce development.
“We enthusiastically look forward to fruitful partnership with four leading research universities in Greece, where there is a strong heritage of classical education,” Chiang said in the news release. “These vibrant relations are about seizing opportunities for research collaboration, opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in both countries, and opportunities for broadening Purdue’s PhD student pipelines.”
The MOU with the chamber of commerce, which looks to foster economic and business relationships between Greece and the U.S., sets a groundwork for student development with the organization touting membership from 750 Greek companies, Purdue said. The university hopes its will give students the ability to learn for the Greek business sector and finding work and research opportunities.
Chiang and other Purdue officials also visited Brussels and Leuven in Belgium to visit the Imec headquarters and meet with CEO Luc Van den.
Imec is an international nanoelectronics and digital technology research and development company. Officials furthered discussion regarding the cornerstone partnership inked last month for semiconductor research and development collaboration.
“We are excited to accelerate and expand the partnership with Imec, which has the most successful model of semiconductor university-industry collaboration,” Chiang said. “We also enjoyed a wide range of door-opening discussion of energy, transportation and pharmaceutical innovation collaboration with leaders of Belgium and EU. Purdue University is the new bridge between Europe and America’s Silicon Heartland.”
During the trip, the Purdue representatives also met with several other world leaders, including Jan Jambon, Minister-President of the Flemish government and Johan Van Overtveldt, chair of the Committee on Budgets of the European Parliament.