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2016 JI commencement speech by Mr. James Mi
Lightspeed Venture Managing Director James Mi delivering a speech at 2016 University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) Commencement Thank you Dean, honored guests, families and graduating students. Congratulations to the Class of...
JI engineering programs accredited by ABET
The UM-SJTU Joint Institute has just been accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) on two of its undergraduate majors, i.e., mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering.
JI Open Day attracts a large turnout of prospective students
The 2016 Open Day of the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) was held on August 10 on the same occasion of the Summer Design Expo, attracting more than 500 high school students and their parents from all over China....
2016 JI Commencement – keep learning; dare to dream; take risks
Encouraged to dream big, take chances, and be grateful, JI’s Class of 2016 embark on the next stage of their life journeys.
2016 JI Summer Design Expo hot on internet of things
A lab in the pocket? A mobile phone as a driving assistant? Watering your house plants remotely? These are just some examples of the more than 80 eye-popping innovative projects exhibited at the Joint Institute’s 2016 summer Design Expo.
Foreign culture storm and scientific art discovery
During the annual University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) Graduate Student Recruitment Summer Camp held at end of July, a special “Foreign Culture Storm” seminar and a “Scientific Art Discovery Exhibition” were sponsored by...
See you again, JI class of 2016
The graduation banquet of the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) Class of 2016 was held at Liu Garden on July 29. With the theme of “See You Again,” the graduates of the Class of 2016 dressed up and celebrated their...
Fortunate to have chosen JI — the self-portrait of a graduate
Yuan Gao, part of the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) Class of 2016, majoring in ECE, going to the graduate program at UCLA It is said that “the life journey is long but critical at only a few steps, especially when...
JI basketball tournament – a break of the busy summer semester
To give the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) students a break amidst the busy summer semester, the JI Student Union organized a basketball tournament on July 19. It was attended by 18 teams composed of JI freshman...
See you again – farewell party of JI Class of 2016
The graduation party of the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) Class of 2016 was held at SJTU on July 21. The theme of the farewell party was “See You Again,” for the graduates to look forward to the joy of...
A JI master’s thesis awarded 2015 Shanghai Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award
Recently, a master’s thesis titled “Random Analog Network Coding: From Design to Applications” by Wenguang Mao, a former University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) graduate student, has been awarded 2015 Shanghai Outstanding...
JI and Robotterra cosponsor a robotic contest for high school students
The University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) and Roboterra, a Silicon-Valley-based robotics education company, co-sponsored a robotic competition for high school students at JI on July 13, attracting five teams from JI’s...