On June 8, 2026, Vice President Yan Yukang and Prof. Markus Strand, Head of the Department of Computer Science and Director of the Robotics and Human Motion Lab (RaHM-Lab) at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW), jointly inaugurated the Donghai Workshop. DHBW is a German university of applied sciences and the birthplace of Germany’s dual system of higher education. With over 50 years of experience in university-enterprise joint education, it is the largest higher education institution in Baden-Württemberg, with around 34,000 enrolled students, over 230,000 alumni worldwide, and more than 9,600 partner enterprises including leading German companies such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Bosch and SAP.
On June 8, 2026, Vice President Yan Yukang and Prof. Philip Nenninger, Director of the Institute for Energy Efficient Mobility (IEEM) and Head of the Automation Technology Laboratory at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, jointly inaugurated the Donghai Workshop. Founded in 1878, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences is a public university of applied sciences in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. It has around 8,000 students and some 200 full-time professors across six faculties, offering undergraduate and postgraduate programs in mechanical engineering, economic engineering, computer science and more. Its mechanical engineering and computer science programs rank among the top in German universities of applied sciences, with a graduate employment rate in the first tier of German higher education institutions. Established in 2012, its IEEM is a core industry-education integration platform in southwest Germany focusing on new energy vehicles and intelligent connected vehicles.
On June 9, 2026, Vice President Yan Yukang and Mr. Marco Litz, Director of the International Department at the Karlsruhe branch of Bildungswerk Wirtschaft Baden-Württemberg (BIWE), jointly inaugurated the Donghai Workshop. BIWE is an official institution in Baden-Württemberg dedicated to university-enterprise collaboration and vocational education services. Headquartered in Stuttgart, its Karlsruhe branch serves as a core service hub for the region, the surrounding Rhine industrial belt and dual-system education at DHBW Karlsruhe.
