Master of Science Engineering
Engineering, Practice within Chinese and Swiss Culture " MSE- China"
Introduction
Following up the successful previous two editions of module “Engineering Practice within Chinese and Swiss Culture” of the MSE – Master of Science in Engineering (briefly called MSE-China), the third cycle took place between August 22nd and September 10th , 2011. Different from the first two cycles, the third one was organized by SUPSI—the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, but with the participation of HESSO—the University of Applied Science of Western Switzerland and ZHAW—the University of Applied Science of Zurich. Totally, 21 students participated in the module, including 9 Chinese students.
There are two main ideas behind this module. First, the Universities of Applied Science and the Office for Professional Education and Technology have expressed the internationalization as one of the corner stones of the development strategy of the Universities of Applied Science. Second, China has become the largest export market for the Swiss industries and more than 50% of all exports to China are in the area of precision technology and manufacturing (in fact the first two cycles where under the label MPM – Master of Precision Manufacturing but it has now taken a more large meaning and it encompasses all the specialization of the MSE) (see annex China-Switzerland trade balance). The course wants to bring together these two ideas and introduce to the MSE students a direct, on site experience of the Chinese market for the Swiss industries. It shows what are the difficulties to enter the China market but also the ways and possibilities to overcome these difficulties. It also helps to bridge the cultural differences among the MSE students and facilitate further understanding and mutual cooperation.
Seminars and Industrial Visits
CV professors and seminar synopsis
Report on MSE-China from journalist Filip Dingerkus (pdf)
MSE Program 2012 (draft)
Testimonials of Participants
"I learned a lot from this Chinese trip. I found the exchange between Chinese and Swiss students very interesting. The cultural confrontation between the students brought me a lot. I also learned about the factory world that I didn’t know at all. I would recommend this module to anybody who is engineer and wants to see a completely different aspect of engineering than usual."
Ballestraz Phillippe, HES-SO
"I learned a lot from this Chinese trip. I found the exchange between Chinese and Swiss students very interesting. The cultural confrontation between the students brought me a lot. I also learned about the factory world that I didn’t know at all. I would recommend this module to anybody who is engineer and wants to see a completely different aspect of engineering than usual."
Ballestraz Philippe, HES-SO
"This module was very interesting and we learned a lot of think about Chinese culture and industries. It’s one of the best experiences I’ve ever had.
Huessy Alvaro, HES-SO
"I enjoyed strongly this experience, I break down with several myths about China, for example, before this module I thought that all the products made in China are low quality and that is absolutely wrong, there are companies that made a very good products with a high quality whole made in China.I also break down some doubts about the culture, I discovered many new things from them and I got impressed of all the power that they are getting into the world, definitely I consider we have to learn Chinese language, that would be a plus and we will need it in a very closed future."
Ponce de Leon Augustin Luis, SUPSI
