Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony interviews IRTG-student at King's College London

King’s College London President & Principal, Professor Edward Byrne, welcomed the Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony to Science Gallery London on Friday 5th October. The visit marked the next phase of an ongoing research relationship with the Saxony based Technische Universität Dresden.

Minister-President Michael Kretschmer, and a delegation of science and business leaders, were in the capital to oversee the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the London based Thomas Young Centre, (a collaboration of research groups from King’s, Imperial College, Queen Mary University London and UCL), and TU Dresden-

During his visit, MP Kretschmer took his time to interview Alice Santambrogio, a PhD-student in our IRTG, as well as two medical students from TU Dresden, showing great interest in the professional and intercultural experiences they have gathered so far.

Professor Hans Muller-Steinhagen, Rector of TU Dresden said: ‘The close collaboration between Dresden and London is a success story and a blueprint for an active dialogue at a scientific and student level.