OREANDA-NEWS. March 21, 2012. TUT organized a workshop on “Management Challenges of the Next Decade” at its partner university, University of Science and Technology Beijing, reported the press-centre of TUT.

The workshop was held by Professor Ergo Metsla and there were almost 100 participants on both days. Introduction to the workshop was done by a Chinese Exchange student who will start her Master studies in TUT in fall 2012.

The main topic of the workshop was the future of management and how different authors cover this topic. During the workshop there were many group works and the world cafe method for discussions was used for the first time for many Chinese students.

TUT organized its first workshops in China already in 2010, and each year the number of participants has remarkably increased. With these activities, TUT has succeeded to show the teaching methods in Estonian universities, to introduce Estonia and TUT, and to develop partnerships with Chinese universities.

As a result, not only the interest of Chinese students has grown towards TUT but also more and more professors show interest in teaching in TUT.

There will be two workshops also held in Shanghai at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology on 15th of March. Vice-Rector Alar Kolk will have a workshop on “Business Model Innovation” and Professor Andres Opik will have a workshop on “Materials and Processes of Sustainable Energetics”. In addition, TUT will participate in the CIEET education fair at Beijing and Shanghai.