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AUSTRALIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS FAMILIARISATION VISIT TO MALAYSIA

The first series of Australian Higher Education Institution Familiarisation Visits to Malaysia in 2022 was initiated by the Malaysian Public Universities International Directors' Committee (JKPA) and hosted by Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), Education Malaysia Australia (EMA), and six public universities. This initiative is in line with the Malaysian government's goal to establish the country as an international higher education hub with 250,000 international students by the year 2025, as outlined in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015–2025 (Higher Education).

This familiarisation visit to Malaysia is part of the mobility initiative of the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia in 2022 to increase the number of inbound students from Australia to Malaysia.

Six Malaysian public universities which are hosts to this programme are Universiti Malaya, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.

The first group of Australian higher education institution delegations from various backgrounds for the first series of familiarisation visits to Malaysia are from the University of Western Australia, Winburne University of Technology, Macquarie University, Curtin University, Western Sydney University, Griffith University, University of Wollongong, Times Higher Education, the Australian High Commission to Malaysia and the Malaysian Student Council in Australia.

Universiti Putra Malaysia has been appointed as the host for the official ceremony. The programme begins with opening remarks by YBhg. Prof. Dr. Yong Zulina Zubairi, Associate Vice Chancellor (Global Engagement), Universiti Malaya cum Chairman of Malaysian Public Universities International Directors' Committee (JKPA), exchange remarks by Dr. Fahmi bin Rahim, Director of Education Malaysia Australia (EMA), welcoming speech by YH Prof. Dato’ Dr Mohd Roslan Sulaiman, Vice Chancellor of UPM, and presentation of Putra experience: a doorway to experiential learning by Prof. Dr. Ismi Arif bin Ismail, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International) UPM.

The second half of the programme, after the networking session with the deans, was a campus tour in which they visited two out of the twelve tourist attractions on campus under the Edupark@UPM edu tourism modules. They visited the Integrated Farm @ Ladang 10 and the Human Anatomy Museum.

UPM hopes that the delegations are interested to send students to UPM after being informed of the programmes UPM has to offer; to learn and experience the PUTRA EXPERIENCE holistically.

 

 
 

 

Date of Input: 30/11/2022 | Updated: 30/11/2022 | sitiafiqah

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