 chinesisch-deutsche hochschulkolleg, or cdhk, is the chinese german college for postgraduate studies located in shanghai, china. ==history== the idea to combine educational activities in a joint chinese-german university college for postgraduate studies dates back to the visit of former german chancellor dr. helmut kohl in november 1993. negotiations between china and germany started in 1994, and in the following year the german academic exchange service (daad) was assigned the realization of this project. the shanghai "chinesisch-deutsches hochschulkolleg" or cdhk, as the college for postgraduate studies is called for short, was finally opened in february 1998. on october 7, 2002, the college moved into new modern building in chifeng lu. ==objectives== as an institute at tongji university, the cdhk today offers bilingual master studies in the following fields: *electrical engineering (automation, information technology) *mechanical engineering (production engineering, automotive engineering) *economics (supply chain management, marketing, financial management, economic law, actuarial science) according to german educational standards, the curriculum is oriented towards broad knowledge and practical experience. thus, the cdhk is able to train junior staff with both leadership qualities and experience in two cultures for the benefit of chinese and german companies in china. ==course of studies== the postgraduate studies at cdhk take three years and start with intensive german language training in the first semester. from the second to the third semester students proceed their language studies in addition to their respective field studies and will attend a language test. as an end of the german language training course, all the students are obliged to take a middle-level german test and received a german language certificate issued by german college of tongji university. the students attend classes of chinese professors who themselves have s
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