To better serve the university's 2.0 strategic plan for Sino-German cooperation and to create an innovative residential mechanism for jointly trained Sino-German doctoral students, cultivating high-level, globally competitive top talents. The Sino-German Graduate School plans to hold the "2nd Sino-German International Academic Forum on Smart Technology and Green Development Graduate Studies" in July 2025. The aim is to build a platform for Sino-German doctoral students to exchange, learn, and discuss through this project; promote faculty and students from both sides to focus on themes such as Sino-German smart technology and green development, further advancing Sino-German joint doctoral training in related disciplines and professional directions between Chinese and German universities; and facilitate the establishment of the "dual mentorship system" at the Sino-German Graduate School, promoting deeper, face-to-face innovative research collaboration and exchange between Chinese and foreign mentors and students.

Host Organizations: CDHK (China-German College), CDDK (China-German Doctoral Academy).

German Partner Universities: University of Stuttgart, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technical University of Berlin.

Proposed Forum Duration: July 17th - July 27th.

Activity Content: Doctoral Student Academic Research Report Forum, workshops, visit to partner university laboratories, listen to micro-courses by German professors and corporate technical personnel and exchange academic exchange intentions, visit to famous German enterprises for practical experience.

Cities Involved: Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Berlin, etc. in Germany.

Students of the China-Germany Doctoral Academy (CDDK) for the 2022, 2023, and 2024 cohorts.

Note 1: Students who have participated in previous editions are not eligible to attend this forum;

Note 2: CDDK students who have studied abroad for one year or more and have returned to Tongji are not eligible to attend this event. Currently studying CDDK students in Germany are welcome to participate in activities held in Germany during their exchange period (please register in advance with Professor Wu Ruiming), and are encouraged to actively engage in local organization and reception, as well as exchange and learn at their respective universities and laboratories and introduce potential mentors.

A total of 20 students will be selected to participate. The China-Germany 博士生院 will organize a review based on the applications submitted by students, select the most suitable candidates, and announce the results.

The German partner institutions will select an equivalent number of German students to attend, present, and engage in discussions.

本项目获得学校部分资助（每位学生1万人民币左右，主要用于往返机票、住宿等费用），超出部分由参加项目的学生自负（博士生尽量请导师科研项目支持），机票酒店等价格需以具体成团日为准。

注：为尽一切努力减少同学们个人自己的负担，中德学院、中德博士生院还将为同学们积极争取在德国当地的hosts，以及茶歇补贴等，以及来自DAAD的对优秀参与者的额外资助。

1、中德学院根据报名学生情况组织审核、择优录取并公示。

2、所有参加本国际学术论坛的学生需有有效的因私护照。请有意向的申请者立即办理个人因私护照（务必务必第一时间去办理，往年有因护照来不及办理导致没有成行的。护照办理和本次邀请信等不挂钩，可以单独办理因私护照）。

3、确定参与的学生不得中途退出。

4、请注意保留活动期间票据，活动结束后及时报销。

5、本项目以自愿参加为前提原则，同时将考虑为选拔上的参与者优先对接外方导师进行访问学习；参与者必须事先与家人、导师沟通并取得同意。项目期间，参与者须遵守当地法律、法规以及同济大学的相关规章制度。

6、本通知由同济大学中德博士生院负责解释。