The Faculty of Civil Engineering (UTM FKA) will start a collaboration with the Construction Skills Development Centre (CSDC Academy Sdn. Bhd.), a subsidiary of IPM Global Berhad. CSDC Academy Sdn. Bhd. is a training center providing professional short courses and seminar to the construction community. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed by both parties on 22 August 2017. The purpose of the MoU is to establish cooperative agreement in the fields of education and academic research between UTM FKA and CSDC Academy Sdn. Bhd., for a period of three years. The objective of this MoU is to formulize long-standing cooperation between the two parties, in providing professional short courses and seminar program, joint research and consultancy activities, joint organization of seminars and academic meetings, as well as exchange of academic materials and other information. The establishment of this partnership aims to offer quality training related to construction industry in Malaysia to help companies and individual to retain competitiveness in the industry. The ceremony was held at the Dato’ Yusof Abu Bakar Meeting Room (BMU) with UTM FKA was represented by Prof. Dr. Khairul Anuar bin Kassim, Dean of Faculty of Civil Engineering and Managing Director of CSDC Academy Sdn. Bhd., Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Goh Hui Hwang.

Reported by: Faculty of Civil Engineering UTM

Kuala Lumpur, 25th  August 2017 : Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate (FGHT) officially announced the cooperation with the Cambodian Valuer and Estate Agents Association (CVEA).  The intention to establish this cooperation resulted from a preliminary discussion between RISM Johor and the staff members of Department of Real Estate, and the Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate, and further followed by an official visit by CVEA to Department of Real Estate on the 5th​ of March 2016.

CVEA is a real estate professional association and a non-profit organization registered under the Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Cambodia, and is primarily entrusted to develop and promote valuation and estate agency professions in Cambodia. ​CVEA’s mission is to serve all members to gain optimum opportunities and real estate market competitive advantage in Cambodia through strengthening professional competency, promoting business ethics, integrity, accountability, advocacy, and increase real estate market demands, which is synonymous with the core values of real estate education that UTM provide and well-known​ for ​​in ​​this​​ region​.

It is hoped that through this cooperation more academic programmes, research and human capital development will be implemented for the benefit of both institutions. Both parties have agreed to  strengthen the relationship through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which includes ​the​​following:​

1. Visit and participate in academic, training and research programmes;
2. Promote and exchange of information and materials of​​mutual​​interest;
3. Promote the exchange of scientific materials, publication​​ and ​​information;
4. Promote and facilitate the exchange of research, training ​and​​ teaching​​ of​​ staff ​​as ​​well​​ as ​​students;​

It is hoped that this memorandum of understanding will pave the way for impactful collaboration between both parties as planned, and UTM as a knowledge institution is always committed to the advancement of knowledge in this region. In this regard, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate is also keen to collaborate with an institution of higher learning from Cambodia to establish local real estate diploma and degree programmes that suit the demand of the market with the support​ from​ CVEA.