应航天学院赫晓东副院长邀请，国际宇航大学校长迈克尔·辛普森博士来我校进行友好访问和讲学。讲学时间、地点如下，欢迎广大师生参加。
报告题目：challenges and opperrunities for educators
报告人： 国际宇航大学校长迈克尔·辛普森博士
报告时间：2007年6月21日星期四 下午2：00
报告地点：行政楼113学术报告厅
Executive Committee
An internationalist by education and inclination, Dr. Simpson’s academic career extends over 25 years and two continents. He has been president of Utica College and the American University of Paris with a combined total of fifteen years of experience as an academic chief executive officer. He has taught courses in political science, international relations, business management, leadership and economics at Universities in both the United States of America and France. He received his Bachelors Degree magna cum laude from Fordham University in 1970 where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He has also been elected to academic honor societies in the fields of political science and business management. After graduating from Fordham University, Dr. Simpson accepted a commission as an officer in the U.S. Navy, retiring from the Naval Reserve in 1993. Dr. Simpson completed his Ph.D. at Tufts University, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, holds the Master of Business Administration from Syracuse University; and two Master of Arts degrees from The Fletcher School. He has also completed two prestigious one year courses in Europe: the French advanced defense institute (Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale) and the General Course of the London School of Economics.
国际宇航大学简介： 国际宇航大学（International Space University，简称ISU）创立于1987年，这是一所完全不同于人们所熟悉的传统模式大学的大学，ISU建校法律文件第2.1款指出：国际宇航大学办学的目的是通过国际性的综合基础教育及科学研究项目在发展外层空间的和平利用，建立一所国际性的学术性的高等教育机构。
ISU的总校（中心校园）位于法国斯特拉斯堡（Strasbourg），25所分校（Affiliates）分布在澳大利亚、奥地利、比利时、加拿大、法国、意大利、中国、俄罗斯、西班牙、瑞典、土耳其、英国和美国13个国家，哈尔滨工业大学是亚洲地区唯一的一所分校。总校分校之间靠着特定的教育项目及包括电话、电传、传真、E—mail、ISUnet、信息资源中心在内的世界通讯网络紧密地联系在一起。
ISU推出的特定的教育项目有：1 每年为期10周的暑假班（Summer Session）。2为期一年的宇航科学研究硕士班（Master of Space Studies Program，简称MSS项目）。3研究或设计课题。
国际宇航大学的经费来自美国航天局、欧洲航天局、法国航天局及世界发达国家众多航天企业的资助，我国国家航天局也给予一定的支持。申请入学的学生也须缴纳相当数额的学费。