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Delegation from Caucasus University Tbilisi visits TH Wildau - new joint master's programme Digital Logistics Management in planning

In March, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau welcomed a delegation from Caucasus University Tbilisi on its campus. In addition to getting to know each other personally, the background to the visit was the establishment of a joint international Master's programme in Digital Logistics Management ("DLM") at both university locations. In autumn 2022, the first students from the Caucasus region should start their Master's degree in Tbilisi. Mutual student exchanges are also planned.

In these times of Corona, international university cooperation is not always easy to manage. In the last two years, meetings and professional exchanges often took place only in online formats. All the more reason to be pleased that in March there was an opportunity for University of Applied Sciences Wildau (TH Wildau) and Caucasus University Tbilisi to officially get to know each other on the Wildau campus.

The background to the meeting of the two universities is the expansion of cooperation with Georgia in the field of logistics teaching. TH Wildau and the university from the Georgian capital Tbilisi are working on the introduction and establishment of a joint Master's programme "Digital Logistics Management" (Master of Engineering).

The delegation from Caucasus University, consisting of President Prof. Kakha Shengelia, Vice President Prof. Khatia Goglidze, Dean Prof. Shota Nizharadze, Programme Director Prof. Giorgi Doborjginidze, Director of the Department of International Relations and Projects Irena Melua and Tamta Butkhuzi from Marketing, had a full programme during the visit. During an extensive tour of the TH Wildau campus, they visited the logistics and technology labs, the library and a student dormitory, among other places. They also visited a regional company, took a look at Berlin and got to talk to the president of TH Wildau, Prof. Ulrike Tippe, as well as many other representatives of the university.

Start of studies in autumn

"Our goal is for the first students to start in Tiblisi at the beginning of the winter semester in autumn 2022. In addition, we are planning reciprocal student exchanges in October 2022 and September 2023," reports Dr. Andreas Dudlik, who is supervising the project under the direction of Frank Gillert, Professor of Logistics Management at TH Wildau. In May, a delegation from TH Wildau will visit Tbilisi to find out more about the Caucasus University, meet potential students, and exchange information with local companies.

The Joint Master's programme is conducted in English and is designed for four semesters. The content of the programme is oriented towards the diverse requirements in logistics: digitalisation of the economy, personal leadership, competences in project management, sustainable development in technical and ecological topics as well as the application of strategies in the field of logistics and supply chain management. The universities are supported in this by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Internationalisation on the Silk Road

TH Wildau has been closely involved in logistics education in Georgia for many years and has already successfully implemented a joint double degree with the Georgian Technical University (GTU) in the bachelor's programme from 2015 to 2021. It is also involved in regular student and lecturer exchanges, the establishment of laboratories and the implementation of joint workshops.

With the establishment of the Joint Master's programme DLM in the region, international cooperation along the "New Silk Road" is to be further expanded. With the economic development of the region, it is expected that companies will increasingly set up branches there and that skilled workers will be needed, especially in the field of logistics.

The Caucasus University Tbilisi began in 1998 with the founding of the Caucasus School of Business. The university offers Bachelor's and Master's programmes as well as doctorates in ten departments. With 164 partner universities in 54 countries, the university is strongly networked internationally and has a lot of experience in double degree programmes and exchange programmes.

More Informationen:

Project profile on the DAAD website: https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/7659/

More about Caucasus University Tbilisi: https://www.cu.edu.ge/en

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Project contacts at TH Wildau:

Dr. Andreas Dudlik
Phone: +49 (0)160 77 25 032
E-mail: dudlik(at)th-wildau.de

Prof. Dr. Frank Gillert
Phone: +49 (0)3375 508 240
E-mail: frank.gillert(at)th-wildau.de

TH Wildau
Hochschulring 1, 15745 Wildau, Germany

Contact External communikation TH Wildau:

Mike Lange / Mareike Rammelt
TH Wildau
Hochschulring 1, 15745 Wildau
Phone: +49 (0)3375 508 211 / -669
E-mail: presse(at)th-wildau.de

 

Photo caption: Representatives of Caucasus University Tblisi and TH Wildau at their meeting in mid-March 2022 on the campus of TH Wildau.

Text: Mike Lange / Photo: Mareike Rammelt