Two representing UTM to the 12th SEATUC Meeting and Symposium in Yogyakarta

YOGYAKARTA, 13 March 2018 – Deputy Director and Senior Assistant Registrar of UTM International Associate Professor Dr Mohd Ismid Md Said and Siti Rahimah Mohd Yusop represented Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) to the 12th South East Asia Technical University Consortium (SEATUC) Meeting and Symposium hosted by Universitas Gadjah Mada at Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

This year’s Symposium theme was entitled Engineering Education and Research for Sustainable Development.

The SEATUC fosters international collaboration and comprehensive exchange programs. Members include Shibaura Institute of Technology (Japan), King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand), Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam), Suranaree University of Technology (Thailand), Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (Vietnam) and Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia).

This year’s symposium saw a total of 17 papers presented by UTM students from the faculties of Built Environment, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Language Academy, Faculty of Chemical& Energy Engineering and Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate. Associate Professor Dr Mohd Ismid also participated in the President Panel Session presenting a paper on UTM Sustainable Campus.

UTM participation in SEATUC provides UTM students with the opportunity to undergo 10 weeks internship program and also an opportunity to receive a scholarship to further study in Master & PhD programs at Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan under the Hybrid Twinning Program. To date, there are a total 15 students from UTM have been accepted in HBT program.

During their short stay in Yogyakarta, Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohd Ismid and Ms Siti Rahimah also visited UTM partner universities in the city namely Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan and Universiti Negeri Yogyakarta to discuss on further collaboration between both universities and to promote Asia Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) 2019 which will be held in Kuala Lumpur.