RWTH Aachen University is setting up the new German-Emirati Institute in Germany to promote scientific and economic exchange between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Federal Republic of Germany. The cooperation goes back to an exchange between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Crown Prince HH Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2019, in which technology cooperation was agreed, particularly with regard to Industry 4.0. Accordingly, the full name of the new institute, which will act as project executing organisation, is "German-Emirati Institute – Technologies 4.0" (GEI) and it is located on the RWTH Aachen Campus.
RWTH Aachen University is setting up the new German-Emirati Institute in Germany to promote scientific and economic exchange between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Federal Republic of Germany. The cooperation goes back to an exchange between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Crown Prince HH Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in 2019, in which technology cooperation was agreed, particularly with regard to Industry 4.0. Accordingly, the full name of the new institute, which will act as project executing organisation, is "German-Emirati Institute – Technologies 4.0" (GEI) and it is located on the RWTH Aachen Campus.