ChinaDaily
Tianjin - More than 400 graduates have successfully obtained their master
degree or diploma from the Aviation Safety Management Master Program (ASM
Master Program). The program is run by Airbus and its European and Chinese
partners.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the
project's launch by the International Airworthiness Cooperation Department of
Airbus in 2001. Airbus initiation was welcomed and enthusiastically supported
by ENAC (Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile), CAUC (Civil Aviation University
of China) and France's
ISAE (Institut Superieur de L'Aeronautique et de L'Espace), which was formerly
known as the ENSICA. The first session started in 2003, and the first group of
master students graduated in 2004.
This year, 53 students graduated at a
ceremony at CAUC in Tianjin
with certificatios in airworthiness, flight operations and aeronautical. This
is the seventh group of graduates from the program, putting the total number of
graduates over 400. Fifty-five more students have been recruited for the
2011-2012 program in maintenance and airworthiness. Each year, more students
apply to the Aviation Safety Management Program.
Financed and technically supported by
Airbus, the ASM Master Program collaborates with the ENAC and ISAE on CAUC
campuses. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), China's
aviation authority, has proclaimed its strong support for the training.
The program was developed to create a
state-of-the-art educational program in China on civil aviation safety
management and to train future professionals to the highest international
standards. Graduates receive a French diploma from ENAC and ISAE, which is
recognized in both France
and China.
Today, graduates from the program are working for airlines, airworthiness
authorities, maintenance organizations, airports, air traffic control providers
and aviation education institutions.
To graduate, students must complete the
curriculum and successfully present their theses to Chinese and French
professors.
Zhang Jian Qing, director of International
Affairs department of Tianjin Education Committee, Airbus China Vice Presient
Philippe Lin, Professor Wu Tongshui, the president of CAUC, ENAC President Marc
Houalla, and Olivier Fourure, president of ISAIE attended the ceremony.