Between 02 - 04 May 2018 an official visit to Politehnica University Timişoara was held by a delegation from the Technical University of Graz - Austria led by Rector DHC prof. Harald Kainz, Ph.D. The delegation was also attended by prof. eng. Stephan Semprich, Ph.D., and Dipl. eng. Otto Leibniz.
Taking into consideration the very good relations of collaboration established with UPT and especially with the Faculty of Civil Engineering since 1964, the above-mentioned delegation visited UPT with the purpose of identifying possibilities of collaboration at the level of educational programs offered to the students, exchanges between students, teachers and cooperation in research activities.
The official reception of the delegation at the UPT Rectorate was attended by Prof. Viorel-Aurel ŞERBAN, Ph.D. - Rector of the University, Prof. eng. Daniel DAN, Ph.D., Assoc. Florin Dragan, Ph.D., Assoc. Liviu Cădariu-Brăiloiu, Ph.D., - vice-rectors - and Assoc. Radu Bogdan, Ph.D.
The program of the visit included a series of meetings with the teaching staff of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, visits to its specialized laboratories and the Institute of Renewable Energy.
On the occasion of the visit two specialized courses for students and teachers from the Faculty of Civil Engineering were held as follows:
On 4 May, the TU Graz delegation participated to the meeting of the Romanian Technical Universities Alliance (ARUT), where Rector DHC prof. Harald Kainz, Ph.D., President of TU Austria, gave a presentation on "The educational programs in Austrian universities and a brief presentation of the Alliance of Austrian Universities of Technology".
Taking into account the results obtained by the two universities in previous collaborations, the identification of several fields of common interest for the next period of cooperation and the educational and research facilities identified in the UPT, a cooperation agreement was signed between TU Graz and UPT, for a period of 3 years.
At the same time, discussions were held on the possibility of signing a cooperation agreement between ARUT and TU Austria, which will be concluded at a later meeting.