MS Students Gain Global Advantage
Columbia Engineering has taken a historic step in its globalization initiatives by signing a dual certifi- cation agreement with the University of Bologna that provides an opportunity for students from both universities to obtain a master’s degree in civil en- gineering from each institution with only one addi- tional year of study. Academicians and cultural rep- resentatives from Italy joined with their Columbia counterparts to celebrate the new program that, be- ginning in the fall of 2010, will train SEAS students to work anywhere in Europe.
Shown here during ceremonies at Low Library are (front row, left) Pier Paulo Diotallevi, dean of the University of Bologna’s faculty of engineering, and Columbia University's Feniosky Peña-Mora, dean of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. Back row, from left: University of Bologna Professor Francesco Ubertini; SEAS Civil Engineering Professor Raimondo Betti; Professor Marco Savoia, chair of the Department of Civil En- gineering at the University of Bologna; Columbia University Vice Provost Roxie Smith; Régine Lam- brech, director of global initiatives and education at SEAS; and the Hon. Francesco M. Talò, consul general of Italy.
