The Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatra Utara cooperates with several universities in Turkey to collaborate in education, research and community service development.
UMSU Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Agussani, MAP revealed that three universities in Turkey are ready to collaborate with UMSU in a visit entitled “Global Partnership Turkiye” which will take place on June 13-22 2022. “The universities visited are Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Isparta, Suleymam Demirel University, Isparta and Akdeniz University, Antalya,” said the Chancellor in Medan, Sunday (26/6).
The Chancellor explained that UMSU offered three essential points to collaborate in developing science and technology. The points referred to are the Astronomical Sciences Observatory, which can become a partner in calculating the global Islamic calendar, Islamic Medicine and the development of Economics and Business education.
The UMSU delegation’s visit to Turkey was initiated by the North Sumatran Higher Education Service Institute and North Sumatra Aptisi and the support of the Indonesian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. In addition to UMSU, several private campuses in North Sumatra were also included in visits to several universities in Turkey.
He explained that the visit to several universities in Turkey received a positive response marked by the signing of the MoU, LOI, and AMM manuscripts. UMSU also had the opportunity to present opportunities for collaboration and display university profiles and various potential natural resources and cultural diversity of North Sumatra Province.
During a visit to Turkey, the UMSU delegation was directly led by the Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Agussani, MAP. Participated in the visit of the Director of the Postgraduate Program, Prof. Dr Triono Eddy, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, dr. Siti Masliana Siregar, SpTHT, Head of OIF, Dr. Arwin Juli Rakhmadi Butarbutar, Deputy Dean I of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Dr. Ade Gunawan and Secretary of the Institute for International Cooperation and Affairs, Muhammad Shareza Hafiz, M.Acc. Each delegation member brought the program and presented it directly to the faculty at every campus in Turkey visited.
Furthermore, the Chancellor revealed that visits to several campuses in Turkey were part of the UMSU campus internationalization program. For UMSU, the visit is of strategic value for the development of international cooperation programs according to the UMSU 2033 roadmap.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Shareza Hafiz revealed the visit to several campuses in Turkey was not just a sign of the MoU but directly discussed the implementation of activities.
As was done at Isparta University of Applied Science and Akdeniz University, representatives of the Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatra Utara made presentations to various faculties, including the Faculty of Theology, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.
On this occasion, the UMSU Delegation introduced UMSU and the advantages of UMSU, including the Astronomy Observatory, which is the university’s advantage and can become a partner in calculating the global Islamic calendar. Furthermore, Islamic Medicine was also introduced by the Dean of the UMSU FK as an advantage that other FKs did not have. No less, the Faculty of Economics and Business also presented the benefits and strengths of its partnerships with local governments and foreign universities.
“The presenter from UMSU also emphasized that UMSU as the best private campus on the island of Sumatra also received 4 stars from the international rating agency QS Star. This means that UMSU has been recognized by the international community, including the Higher Education Council of Turkey,” said Hafiz.
Meanwhile, UMSU and a delegation from several campuses together with the Acting Head of North Sumatra LLDikti, Prof. Dr. Ibnu Hajar Damanik, MSi, also had the opportunity to visit the Indonesian Embassy for Turkey in Ankara. The embassy on that occasion, was ready to facilitate the points of cooperation agreed by UMSU.
