International Quality Network (IQN)
From 2001 to 2004 the Department of Sinology at FAU hosted an International Quality Network (IQN) sponsored by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) dealing with knowledge transfer between China and the West: “Exchanges of Knowledge between China and the West. Historical and Philosophical Dimensions”. During that time around 30 scholars came to Erlangen for periods of 6 months up to a whole year. The IQN set high value on promoting young scholars, therefore among the invitees were 20 students from China and Japan preparing their Master or PhD. To this day, 14 people from this group are holding a professorship in China, Japan, and the USA, among the German members 3 are currently working as professors. In October 2015, an alumni conference was held to appreciate these extraordinary stories of success as an example of early efforts for internationalization at FAU, to show the sustainability of the scientific network generated at the time, as well as develop perspectives for the future.
Further information: http://www.sinologie.phil.uni-erlangen.de/international-quality-network-2001-2004-2015/