On September 19, Markus Müller, Rector of Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Vienna), Michaela Fritz, Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, and Volkan Talazoglu, Vice Rector for Finance, visited HUST. The delegation was met by Zhang Yonghui, Vice President of HUST.

On behalf of HUST, Zhang Yonghui extended a warm welcome to the delegation. He briefly introduced HUST and reviewed the cooperation between the two universities in recent years. He pointed out that MedUni Vienna is a key partner of HUST in the medical field, and the collaboration between the two universities has been deepening since 2012. Zhang Yonghui expressed hope to enhance cooperation in the fields of healthcare, big data, medical equipment, and precision medicine, to better address the global challenges of public health.

Markus Müller expressed his gratitude for the warm reception and introduced the history, research strengths and affiliated hospitals of MedUni Vienna. He acknowledged the development of HUST in recent years and its outstanding advantages in engineering and medicine. He hoped that the two universities can promote exchanges and cooperation in the fields of laser diagnosis and treatment, quantum physics and organ transplantation, etc.

At the cooperation negotiation session, the two sides reached a broad consensus on enhancing cooperation through more frequent mutual visits, joint training of graduate students, physician exchange and training, as well as a collaborative research platform.

Zhang Yonghui and Markus Müller signed an agreement on student exchange.

The delegation also visited the Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and the Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College. Xia Jiahong, President of the Union Hospital, presented Markus Müller with a letter of appointment as an advisory professor at HUST.

Written by: Yu Shiyun,

Edited by: Zhang Shiyu, Chang Wen, Peng Yumeng