KUALA LUMPUR, 12 November 2018 (Monday). Putra International Centre (i-PUTRA) as the UPM International office,was invited to participate in a networking meeting with selected universities from Illinois, USA, organised by the Bahagian Education Malaysia of the Ministry of Education(BEM). The meeting was held at the Shangrila Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. The networking session gave both the American and Malaysian universities the opportunity to explore potential collaboration in research, joint academic programmes and student and staff mobility.
Below is the list of Illinois universities which are keen to establish collaboration with UPM:
No |
University |
City, State |
Areas Suggested |
1. |
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
Edwardsville, Illinois |
Business Studies, Accounting |
2. |
Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy |
Aurora, Illinois |
Mathematics |
3. |
The University of Illinois At Chicago |
Chicago, Illinois |
Engineering |
4. |
Western Illinois University |
Macomb, Illinois |
Agriculture |
5. |
Illinois State University |
Normal, Illinois |
Agriculture |
6. |
University of St. Francis |
Joliet, Illinois |
Any area |
7. |
Bradley University |
Peoria, Illinois |
Any area |
8. |
Benedictine University |
Lisle, Illinois |
Linguistics, Education, Medical and Health Science |
i-PUTRA as the facilitating centre for international collaboration would like to extend the invitation from the universities listed above for collaboration work. If you are interested in establishing collaboration with any of these universities with your faculty, do let us know so that we can facilitate communication with them.