11月4日上午，美国爱荷华州立大学设计学院-同济大学建筑与城市规划学院签署双硕士学位项目工作会议暨双学位协议签署仪式在我院C1会议室举行。院长吴长福教授、学院国际交流合作办公室主任李翔宁教授、项目中方联络人王珂老师、学院国际交流合作办公室董碧静老师以及美国爱荷华州立大学设计学院院长Luis Rico-Gutierrez教授、学院研究生教育负责人Jason Alread、学院对外交流负责人Chan Chiu Shui教授及院长顾问Beckman夫妇参加了此次会议。会议上，Luis Rico-Gutierrez院长简要介绍了学院特色、综合排名以及此次造访同济的目的。双方也各自提出并探讨了双学位合作项目的细节问题，商议了双学位项目合作协议的具体内容。

根据协议，每年双方各接受对方两名建筑学研究生。对于同济学生，实行“1+1+1”的培养方案，即第一学年和第三学年在同济，第二学年在爱荷华州立大学；对于爱荷华州立大学则实行“2.5/3.5+1”的培养方案，即最后一学年在同济学习。双方学生毕业后，将分别获得两校颁发的硕士学位。与此同时，双方每年将各接收对方两名四或五年级的本科生，并各派出14名学生参与联合课程项目。

The signing ceremony of the Dual Master Degree Program between Iowa State University of Science and Technology and Tongji University was held on Nov 4, 2014 at Tongji University. Delegates of both sides, Prof. Wu Changfu, dean of the CAUP of Tongji University and Prof. Luis Rico-Gutierrez, dean of the College of Design of ISU, attended the ceremony and signed the agreement.

According to the agreement, Iowa State University will accept two Tongji graduate students major in Architecture, who should meet the admission requirements and nominated by the dual degree committee of home institute, pursuing Master of Science (MS) degree after one-year study at Iowa State University. And the students will go back to Tongji to continue the third year of the program, namely a “1+1+1” scale, and they will receive degrees from both the universities. In exchange, Tongji will accept two graduate students from ISU each year and the ISU students will receive MArch Degree from both universities.

In addition, the agreement also includes short term student exchange program at the undergraduate level and joint design studios between two sides.

Prof. Li Xiangning, director of the CAUP International Cooperation Office, Dr. Wang Ke, coordinator of the program, Ms. Dong Bijing, coordinator of the CAUP International Cooperation Office, and Prof. Chan Chiu Shui, ISU coordinator of the program, Mr. and Ms. Beckman, advisor to the dean of ISU also attended the signing ceremony.