Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have agreed to work together in promoting research and education in sustainable city development. Both institutions had signed an MoA in June last year will the main objective of furthering research and education related to sustainable city development in Malaysia. Under this five year program UTM and MIT will select ten Visiting Scholars each year from Universities in G-77 developing countries. The scholars will be spending half a year at UTM studying topics related to sustainable city development, in Kuala Lumpur / Putrajaya, Johor Bahru, and Georgetown, with the assistance of partnering institutions and regional development authorities.
http://www.utm.my/news-clipping/2014/01/08/mit-utm-sustainable-cities-program/