On September 22, 2025, Prof. Dr. Jens Schneider, President of TU Wien, led a six - member delegation to Tongji University. Wang Zhendong, Chairman of the College Council, CAUP, attended the reception.

CAUP and TU Wien have a long standing, productive partnership. They've built rich experience in sustainable urban design, heritage conservation, and green building tech through scholar exchanges, joint seminars, and a master's dual - degree program, setting a model for international academic cooperation.

In June 2025, professor Wang Zhendong visited TU Wien with Tongji university delegation. He warmly welcomed President Schneider's return visit. The two sides agreed on research cooperation and a long - term mutual visit mechanism. Based on the doctoral joint training memorandum signed in June, they discussed doctoral joint - training and Sino - Austrian cooperative education plans. Professor Wang gifted President Schneider a fan with Chen Congzhou's paintings and the German version of Chen's On Gardens. Chen was a renowned Chinese ancient architecture and garden art scholar, a Shanghai philosophy and social sciences master, and an outstanding Tongji professor. These gifts show the college's respect for academic inheritance and Sino - Austrian cultural exchange.

Later, accompanied by CAUP teachers, the delegation visited Yangpu Riverside. Doctoral student Wu You introduced iconic Shanghai urban renewal projects like Yangpu Power Plant Heritage Park. The delegation was impressed by Shanghai's urban renewal innovation.

This visit strengthened the two universities' cooperation and paved the way for future in - depth academic exchanges.