JOHOR BAHRU — Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) through its global prominence strategy has set its sight in developing and maintaining smart partnership with renowned institutions and universities around the world. 

UTM through its School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering, had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gaza University (GU), Palestine. This was to encourage the academic and research cooperation between the two universities.

The signing ceremony of MoU was held on 21 June 2021 via an online platform, Webex with UTM campus in Johor Bahru and the GU campus in Palestine.

In the ceremony, UTM was represented by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, while GU was represented by the President, Prof. Dr. Riyad Hassan El Khoudary.

The whole ceremony was witnessed by delegations from both universities, UTM and GU.

Based on both high commitment and active involvements since 2017, the universities have agreed to sign a 3-year long MoU.

Prof. Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail in his speech said that this memorandum translated the initiatives of academic and research of knowledge that will lead to many benefits to both universities.

This strategic cooperation will allow the sharing and exchanges of knowledge, ideas and visions between academicians, researchers and students from UTM and GU.

This is an effort to create a collaborative academic, research, and expertise in the computing and engineering field generally.

Through this cooperation, it is hoped that UTM and GU will further strengthen the prestige and position of both universities nationally and globally.