UTM-AIIT Collaboration Spearheading ASEAN Economic Integration

 
Kuala Lumpur, 19 Jan 2016 – The signing and exchanging of a memorandum of agreement (MoA) document, involving a research collaboration between the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology (AIIT), Japan and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) was held at the Chancellery Meeting Room, Menara Razak, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, this morning. UTM was represented by UTM Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Ir. Dr. Wahid Omar and AIIT President, Prof. Dr. Shintaro Ishijima, who is also Chairman of the Asia Professional Education Network (APEN).
AIIT is a public graduate school established in Tokyo, Japan which aims to develop advanced professionals in industrial development. It is governed by the Public University Corporation Tokyo Metropolitan University, and offers coursework and research on the theories and applications in industrial development through two industrial technology graduate programs, namely, Master of Technology in Information Systems and Master of Technology in Innovation for Design and Engineering.
AIIT is the secretariat of APEN, an educational platform established in June 2011 that links various universities, academic institutions, public companies and private companies, financial entities as well as small and medium enterprises in Asia. APEN conducts research and development of education systems in developing specialised experts who play major roles in leading Asian industry development. APEN covers all ASEAN member states as well as China, India, Japan and Korea, with the mission of contributing to sustainable and equitable development for Asian economies through projects funded via the collaboration of the APEN-Japan ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF).
According to Prof. Datuk Ir. Dr. Wahid, this collaboration is very much in line with the mission of UTM to become a leader in the development of human capital and innovative technologies that will contribute to the nation’s wealth creation. As a leading innovation-driven entrepreneurial research university in engineering science and technology, this collaboration is also in line with UTM’s