1、Outline

The International Exchange program is offered to students from Aachen University, Germany. Aachen’s students must take courses and finish a min-thesis in two semesters at Tsinghua University. The Master of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering is offered to all students from Aachen University who finish both the program in Tsinghua University and the program in Aachen University. The International Exchange program has requirements of 15-credits, 8-credits of Electives, and a mini-thesis. All courses are taught in English.

Category		Course	Credit	Total Credit
1	Requirements	Manufacturing Technology (I) Quality Management Production Management (I) Ergonomics and Work Organization System Engineering Design (II)	3 3 3 3 3	15
2	Electives	Manufacturing Technology (II) Production Management (II) Welding Technology Operations Research (I) (Mathematical Programming) Probability & Statistics for Engineers Industrial Automation and Manufacturing Systems Facilities Planning Engineering Economy Traffic Systems Planning and Control	3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3	8
	Total Credit			30

Table 1: Course Requirements for International Collaboration Program

2、Course Map

Figure 1: Course Map of International Exchange Program

3、Thesis Requirement

All students from Aachen University must finish a min-thesis within 200 working hours. Together, a faculty member at Tsinghua and a faculty member at Aachen knowledgeable in the student’s area of interest must supervise the thesis.

The master's thesis must show marked attainment in one of the three departmental concentration areas. A faculty member knowledgeable in the student's area of interest must supervise the thesis requirement. Acquisition of the methods and techniques of scientific investigation should also be demonstrated. Students do not need to wait until completing all course work before beginning thesis research. A written proposal with literature review approved by the advisory committee in the preliminary oral examination is required before definitive thesis research is begun.

The advisory committee must consist of at least five committee members with at least three graduate students’ advisors and at least one member from the degree committee at the school level. Another faculty member will be the secretary of the advisory committee who is responsible for all the paper works. The preliminary examination must be completed at least 44 weeks before the final oral examination. One week before the final oral examination, review comments from the advisor and two other faculty members must be submitted to the graduate office. Some master’s theses will be sent to selected graduate school faculty for further review before the final oral examination.

Students must submit the thesis five weeks before the final oral examination. The application must be received by the department office four weeks before the final oral examination. The final oral examination is open to all interested students and faculty. Usually the candidate presents a 30 to 40 minute presentation on the thesis research, followed by a session in which members of the advisory committee ask questions about the work. Every committee member votes anonymously and gives a grade for the final oral examination. Students receive a pass for the final oral examination if over two thirds of the advisory committee members agree. After the student has received an accepted grade for the final oral examination, the degree committee at the school level as well as the degree committee at the university level will review for conformity to all the requirements at Tsinghua University. Tsinghua University requires master’s students to publish or to submit their paper to either a Chinese core journal or an international journal.