A high-ranking delegation from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Canada visited HTWD from 5 to 8 April 2025. The purpose of the visit was to deepen international cooperation in the fields of energy, mechanical engineering and sustainable technologies.

The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is a leading polytechnic institution in Canada known for its hands-on, applied education. The School of Energy provides education and research that focuses on increasing energy efficiencies in industrial processes and the development of cost-effective alternative energy sources.

The delegation, led by Dr Jeff Zabudsky (President BCIT), Dr Andrea Frisque (Dean School of Energy) and Jeanie Chan (Interim Associate Dean Mechanical Engineering), took part in the HTWD campus day, visited the company XENON in Dresden as well as the TU Dresden and the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW).

A particular highlight was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 8 April. This lays the foundation for joint study programmes, research projects and a long-term partnership.

‘The cooperation with BCIT is an important step for the internationalisation of our faculty and our research in the field of renewable energy systems,’ said Prof. Gunther Stehr, international representative at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at HTWD.