On April 20th, Marie-Pierre Delapierre, the Director of International Affairs of the he École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles of France (ENSAIT), and senior professor Tao Xuyuan visited Wuhan Textile University(WTU). Officials from the Postgraduate School, the International Office, the International Education College, the School of Textile Science and Engineering, and the School of Fashion attended the meeting.

Ji Chen, Director of the International Office, extended a warm welcome to the French guests and delivered a speech at the meeting. He reviewed the initial achievements made in student exchanges since Vice President Wang Dong led a delegation to visit ENSAIT in 2024. He stated that WTU has always adhered to an open and internationalized education philosophy and attaches great importance to cooperation with top French textile institutions. He expressed the hope that both sides would take this meeting as a new starting point and make substantive progress in areas such as bilateral exchanges of teachers and students, collaborative innovation in research, and joint cultivation of high-level talents.

Marie-Pierre Delespierre thanked WTU for its warm reception and detailed the educational characteristics, disciplinary strengths, and research achievements of ENSAIT. She pointed out that the two universities have a high degree of alignment in areas such as textile materials and fashion design, and have great potential for cooperation. She suggested that the two schools enhance communication and liaison, sign an inter-university cooperation memorandum as soon as possible, and hoped that the implementation of student exchange programs would be the starting point for jointly cultivating innovative talents with international competitiveness.

During the working meeting, Professor Tao Xuyuan detailed the international exchange programs, admission standards, and application procedures of ENSAIT. Both sides conducted in-depth discussions on student exchanges to the other institution and master's degree dual-degree cooperation, and exchanged views on implementation paths such as credit recognition mode and joint supervision by supervisors.

During the visit, the delegation visited the Textile Science and Technology Museum, the graduate student apartments in Sunshine Campus, and was invited to attend the opening ceremony of WTU's 2026 Fashion Week.