The Minister of Education and Science and the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Mongolia paid an official visit to the GMIT
The Minister of Education and Science, L. Enkh-Amgalan, has visited today the German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology (GMIT) in Nalaikh. He was accompanied by the Ambassador of Germany to Mongolia, H.E. Jörn Rosenberg and representatives of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the KfW Development Bank.
The German-Mongolian Institute for Resources is responding to the demand for highly qualified engineers in the Mongolian natural resources sector. Through close cooperation with German partner universities GMIT transfers international scientific expertise and modern academic standards to Mongolia. At the same time, through its practice-oriented engineering education, the university provides an impetus to better interlink the educational sector and the economy. From an organizational point of view, the GMIT also serves as a role model for the Mongolian higher education system, for example by acting in its control/management structure according to the principles of modern university management and institutional autonomy.
During the meeting, GMIT Rector Prof. B. Battsengel held a detailed presentation particularly with regard to the past and present achievements of the binational university. Moreover, the Rector stressed with the view to the current amendment of the Higher Education Law the need of the perpetuation of the current GMIT legal status quo as an state-owned university.
Minister Enkh-Amgalan and Ambassador Rosenberg emphasized in consideration of the financial sustainability of the university the particular relevance of the conceptualization and implementation of GMIT research projects in close cooperation with Mongolian enterprises. In this regard the intended university campus extension, which is financed by a soft loan from the German government, will generate excellent framework conditions to raise the academic profile of the university.
The German-Mongolian Institute for Resources is responding to the demand for highly qualified engineers in the Mongolian natural resources sector. Through close cooperation with German partner universities GMIT transfers international scientific expertise and modern academic standards to Mongolia. At the same time, through its practice-oriented engineering education, the university provides an impetus to better interlink the educational sector and the economy. From an organizational point of view, the GMIT also serves as a role model for the Mongolian higher education system, for example by acting in its control/management structure according to the principles of modern university management and institutional autonomy.
During the meeting, GMIT Rector Prof. B. Battsengel held a detailed presentation particularly with regard to the past and present achievements of the binational university. Moreover, the Rector stressed with the view to the current amendment of the Higher Education Law the need of the perpetuation of the current GMIT legal status quo as an state-owned university.
Minister Enkh-Amgalan and Ambassador Rosenberg emphasized in consideration of the financial sustainability of the university the particular relevance of the conceptualization and implementation of GMIT research projects in close cooperation with Mongolian enterprises. In this regard the intended university campus extension, which is financed by a soft loan from the German government, will generate excellent framework conditions to raise the academic profile of the university.