Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara and University Malaysia Pahang (UMP) are committed to cooperation in education, research, and community service.
The cooperation agreement was marked by the signing of a cooperation agreement (MoU) held at the UMP Campus in Pahang on Monday (12/9). The signing of the MoU was directly carried out by the Rector of UMSU, Prof.Dr. Agussani, MAP and Vice-Rector of UMP Prof. Dato’ Ts Dr. Yuserrie bin Zainuddin.
The handover of the cooperation script was also attended by UMSU Vice Rector III, Dr. Rudianto, MSi, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Munawar Alfansuri Siregar, ST, MT, Chair of the Institute for Research and Community Service, Syaiful Amri Saragih, SP, MSc, Secretary of the Office of International Affairs and Cooperation (OIC) UMSU Mhd. Shareza Hafiz, M. Acc.
From UMP present, Prof. Ts. Dr. Mohd Rosli bin Hainin (Deputy Vice-Rector (Academic & International)), Prof. Ts. Dr. Kamal Zuhairi bin Zamli (Deputy Vice-Rector (Research &
Innovation)), Dr. Mohamad Hilmi Bin Mat Said, Dean, Center for Human Sciences Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Azmir Mohd Azhari (Director, Center for International Relations), Encik Jamil Basri (Senior Executive, Center for International Relations), Cik Nur Ezzati Mohd Nasir (Executive, Center for International Relations).
UMSU’s Rector, Prof. Dr. Agussani, MAP, revealed several points of cooperation offered. These include research collaborations, student exchanges, scientific publications, and international community service activities. “The collaboration between UMSU and UMP is felt to be necessary for the development of education and research, exchange of students and lecturers,” he said.
Furthermore, UMSU focuses on collaborating with campuses in Malaysia because they have many similarities, including culture and language, making it easy to realize the agreed points of cooperation. On the other hand, it’s different if you collaborate with European campuses, which require high costs and many obstacles.
On that occasion, the Rector also presented the profile of UMSU, which began with video playback. In his presentation, he explained UMSU’s achievements and various activities that have been carried out in collaboration with multiple universities in Malaysia and other countries in Asia and Europe.
Meanwhile, the Vice-Rector, Prof. Dato’ Ts Dr. Yuserrie bin Zainuddin revealed that UMP strongly agreed with UMSU’s offer of cooperation. “I am interested in UMSU, and there are many collaboration opportunities that can be done,” he said.
UMSU’s collaboration with UMP and some other universities in Malaysia, including USM, UUM, UPM, UPSI, UMAM, and IPGK Ipoh, is part of the program toward a world-class university that has been designed through the 2033 roadmap.
