August 7, 2008
Cooperation -- Anne Alexander, director of international programs at the University
of Wyoming, prepares to sign a cooperative agreement with Werner Engeln, an engineering
faculty member at Germany's Hochschule Pforzheim University. UW and Pforzheim developed
the agreement to promote international friendship and world peace by stimulating and
supporting intercultural activities and projects among students, faculty and staff.
(UW Photo)
The University of Wyoming has signed a cooperative agreement with Hochschule Pforzheim
University (Pforzheim, Germany) focused on engineering research, education and technology
transfer.
The cooperative agreement was developed by UW and Pforzheim to "promote international
friendship and world peace by stimulating and supporting intercultural activities
and projects among students, faculty, and staff from the United States of America
and Germany." The agreement calls for exchange of an equal number of full-time exchange
students from each university beginning this fall semester.
Hochschule Pforzheim University dates back to 1877 when the School of Design was founded.
The School of Business, established in 1963, merged with the School of Design and
the newly created School of Engineering in 1992 to form Hochschule Pforzheim University.
Today the University has more than 4,500 students and 145 professors, and is the third
largest university of applied sciences in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg -- and one
of the largest in Germany. Pforzheim offers a large number of bachelor's and master's
degree programs, all of which emphasize interdisciplinary thinking and cooperation
among faculty, economists, lawyers, engineers, designers and experts from various
sectors.
