5月17日，世界法语大学联盟（Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie，简称AUF）执行主席斯利姆·卡尔布斯（Slim KHALBOUS）教授率领高级代表团访问同济大学。代表团成员包括AUF亚太地区主任尼古拉·迈内蒂（Nicolas MAINETTI）、副主任法比安·梅厄斯特（Fabien MÉHEUST）及亚太地区项目经理范·氏碧莲（Thi Bich Lien PHAM）等重要官员。同济大学副校长李翔宁教授会见代表团一行，外事办公室及中法工程和管理学院相关负责人参加会谈。

会谈中，李翔宁回顾了双方十余年来的合作成果，对AUF长期支持学校与法语国家高校及科研机构的合作表示衷心感谢。他强调，同济大学作为中国领先的综合性大学，始终重视国际化发展战略，期待未来与AUF在师生交流、联合科研、创新创业教育等领域开展更深层次合作，共同推进多语言文化背景下的人才培养和学术创新。 

卡尔布斯执行主席高度评价了同济大学在法语世界高等教育合作中的重要作用。他详细介绍了AUF最新发展战略，特别强调将继续全力支持同济大学法语就业竞争力促进中心（CEF）项目建设，并期待双方在新兴领域探索更多合作可能。作为同济大学校董会成员单位代表，卡尔布斯还出席了当天举行的同济大学第四届董事会第五次全体会议。

据悉，同济大学于2012年加入世界法语大学联盟（AUF），并随即成为其亚太区校长联合会（CONFRASIE）会员。通过与该联盟合作，学校先后举办了两届“亚太区法语大学生暑期学校”，开展了“土木专业网络授课”项目，执行了以培养创新精神和创业文化为主题的“新型法语大学空间”项目和“中法双文凭项目宣传”项目。2021年启动的法语世界就业竞争力促进中心项目，使同济成为该联盟在亚太地区8个中心中唯一的中国高校代表。2022年，同济大学学生龙狮运动协会更以其独特的文化魅力入选AUF全球学生社团网络（CLÉF），进一步丰富了校园国际文化交流。

 世界法语大学联盟（AUF）于1961年在加拿大注册成立，总部设在加拿大蒙特利尔，秘书处位于法国巴黎，在全球设有10个地区办公室（其中亚太区办公室位于越南河内）。AUF是法语世界峰会在高等教育和科研领域的执行机构，是传统法语国家和地区（后来扩展到全世界其他国家）高校、研究机构及相关协会组成的国际性组织，现有来自约120个国家超过1000个成员单位。

Rector of Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie Visits Tongji University

On May 17, Professor Slim KHALBOUS, Rector of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), led a high-level delegation to visit Tongji University. Professor LI Xiangning, Vice President of Tongji University, met with the delegation, accompanied by representatives from the Foreign Affairs Office and the Sino-French Institute of Engineering and Management.

During the meeting, LI Xiangning reviewed the fruitful cooperation between the two sides over the past decade and expressed sincere gratitude for AUF’s long-standing support in fostering collaborations between Tongji University and higher education institutions as well as research organizations in French-speaking countries. He emphasized that as a leading comprehensive university in China, Tongji has always prioritized internationalization in its development strategy. He looked forward to deepening cooperation with AUF in areas such as faculty and student exchanges, joint research, and innovation and entrepreneurship education, jointly advancing talent cultivation and academic innovation in a multilingual and multicultural context.

Executive President Khalbous spoke highly of Tongji University’s significant role in higher education cooperation within the French-speaking world. He elaborated on AUF’s latest strategic initiatives, particularly underscoring AUF’s continued full support for Tongji’s Centre pour l’Employabilité Francophone (CEF) project. He also expressed hopes for exploring further collaboration opportunities in emerging fields. As a representative of AUF, a member of Tongji University’s Board of Directors, Khalbous attended the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Fourth Board of Directors held on the same day.

It is reported that Tongji University joined AUF in 2012 and subsequently became a member of its Asia-Pacific Rectors’ Conference (CONFRASIE). Through this partnership, the university has hosted two editions of the Summer University for Francophone Students in the Asia-Pacific Region, launched the Online Civil Engineering Courses program, and implemented projects such as Nouveaux Espaces Universitaires Francophones (focused on fostering innovation and entrepreneurial culture) and Promotion of Sino-French Double-Degree Programs. In 2021, the establishment of the Centre pour l’Employabilité Francophone made Tongji the only Chinese university among AUF’s eight such centers in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2022, Tongji’s Student Dragon and Lion Dance Association was selected to join AUF’s global student club network (Cercle des Leaders Étudiants Francophones, CLÉF) for its unique cultural appeal, further enriching international cultural exchanges on campus.

Founded in 1961 in Canada, AUF is headquartered in Montreal, with its secretariat in Paris, France, and operates 10 regional offices worldwide (including its Asia-Pacific office in Hanoi, Vietnam). As the executive body of the Francophonie Summit in higher education and research, AUF is an international organization comprising universities, research institutions, and related associations from traditional French-speaking regions (later expanded globally). It currently has over 1,000 member institutions from approximately 120 countries.