Faculty and Students from School of Energy Science and Engineering Visit Kazakhstan for Short-Term Academic Exchange under the "China-SCO Doctoral Student Training Innovation Center"

From April 12 to 16, 2026, supported by the China-SCO Doctoral Student Training Innovation Center, Professor Zhou Weixing and Professor Zhang Haochun from the School of Energy Science and Engineering, together with eight doctoral students, traveled to Almaty, Kazakhstan for a five-day short-term academic exchange.

The delegation first attended the Harbin Institute of Technology – Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Round-table Meeting on Science and Technology Exchange. At the opening ceremony of the round-table meeting, Academician Kozhamkulov, Chairman of the Kazakhstan Physical Society, and Beisen, Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Technology of KazNU, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. The Kazakh side extended a warm welcome to the HIT delegation and highly praised the potential for cooperation between the two universities in areas of strength such as energy and physics. During the meeting, faculty and students from both universities delivered thematic academic presentations and conducted in-depth exchanges on interdisciplinary fields of energy science and physics.

Opening Ceremony of the HIT–KazNU Round-table Meeting on Science and Technology Exchange

Delegation Visiting the Faculty of Physics and Technology of KazNU

During the visit, the delegation conducted an in-depth inspection of the Faculty of Physics and Technology of KazNU and its key laboratories, including Thermal Engineering, Cryophysics and Cryotechnology, Plasma Technology, Wind Energy and Sustainable Technology, as well as the Supercomputing Center. Experts and scholars delivered several high-level academic reports on frontier topics. Doctoral students from both universities engaged in heated discussions on interdisciplinary research in energy and physics, creating a strong academic atmosphere.

Visiting the Thermal Engineering Laboratory

Visiting the Cryogenic Laboratory

Visiting the Dust Plasma and Plasma Technology Laboratory

Visiting the KazNU Library

Visiting the KazNU Supercomputing Center

This academic exchange further consolidated the friendly cooperative relations between Harbin Institute of Technology and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, laying a solid foundation for in-depth cooperation in energy, physics, and cutting-edge interdisciplinary fields. The two sides exchanged views on student training plans and reached a consensus on the text of a joint student training agreement. In the future, the two universities will continue to leverage the China-SCO Doctoral Student Training Innovation Center as a platform to expand cooperation in joint talent cultivation, collaborative scientific research innovation, and academic resource sharing, jointly contributing to China-Kazakhstan educational and scientific exchanges and the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative.